North Korean Nuclear Program: Security Strategy and New Perspectives from Russia

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Drawing on previously unpublished Russian archival materials, this book is the first detailed history and current analysis of the North Korean nuclear program. The contributors discuss Soviet-North Korean nuclear relations, economic and military aspects of the nuclear

program, the nuclear energy sector, North Korea's negotiations with the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization, cooperative security, and U.S. policy. Unique in its focus on North Korean attitudes and perspectives, The North Korean Nuclear Program also includes Russian

interviews with North Korean officials.

motives, determination, and level of know-how that have driven North Korea's past efforts to aquire nuclear capabilities (Scott Snyder, Program Officer, Research and Studies Program, United States Institute of Peace)

of the world's most enigmatic society (Robert A. Scalapino, Robson Research Professor of Government Emeritus, Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California at Berkeley)

cold war on the Korean peninsula (Leon V. Sigal, author of Disarming Strangers: Nuclear Diplomacy with North Korea)

both the United States and the East Asian region at risk (Peter Hayes, Co-Director, Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development)