Nuclear arsenals not the strategic answer for Japan and South Korea

• Main Author: Loo, Bernard Fook Weng
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; Country and Region Studies; Energy Security
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165496
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Nuclear weapons might seem to allow Japan and South Korea to balance against their hostile and nuclear-armed neighbours, China and North Korea, respectively. In fact, this is not the case. Indigenous nuclear arsenals may create the very instabilities that both Japan and South Korea are seeking to of...