Tag: Kim Jong-un

Middle powers showing initiative: North and South Korea getting it done

by iapsdialogue, posted in North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, South Korea

Written by Liang Tuang Nah. On 24 May, President Trump called off the planned 12 June summit with Chairman Kim Jong-un of North Korea, to be held in Singapore, due to perceived hostility on the part of Pyongyang. Having invested much political and reputational capital on rapprochement with North Korea, where a successful Trump-Kim meeting … Continue reading Middle powers showing initiative: North and South Korea getting it done

Asia presents the biggest challenge to global nuclear orders

by iapsdialogue, posted in Asia, China, India, Nuclear Weapons

Written by Ramesh Thakur. Of all the continents, Asia presents the most complex and the most urgent challenges to the uneasy nuclear peace that has prevailed since 1945. Only Asia contains states with the full spectrum of nuclear-weapon status vis-à-vis the Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT): one NPT-licit nuclear-weapon state (NWS) (i.e., China), two non-NPT nuclear-armed states (India, … Continue reading Asia presents the biggest challenge to global nuclear orders