>The Russian invasion of Ukraine, moreover, has reminded Kim that willingly giving up one’s nuclear weapons, as Ukraine did in the 1990s, can have unfavorable consequences.Â
This lesson will haunt future generations.
> For example, the withdrawal of U.S. forces from South Korea would amplify local calls for the country to get nuclear weapons of its own. Trump might support this move by renegotiating existing civil nuclear agreements to allow for enrichment and reprocessing, granting Seoul the fissile material for nuclear bombs while stopping short of weaponization. Nuclear latency would enhance South Korea’s ability to deter threats on the peninsula, thereby allowing the United States to focus on the threat from China.
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Trump-Kim-Putin axis ?
>The Russian invasion of Ukraine, moreover, has reminded Kim that willingly giving up one’s nuclear weapons, as Ukraine did in the 1990s, can have unfavorable consequences.Â
This lesson will haunt future generations.
> For example, the withdrawal of U.S. forces from South Korea would amplify local calls for the country to get nuclear weapons of its own. Trump might support this move by renegotiating existing civil nuclear agreements to allow for enrichment and reprocessing, granting Seoul the fissile material for nuclear bombs while stopping short of weaponization. Nuclear latency would enhance South Korea’s ability to deter threats on the peninsula, thereby allowing the United States to focus on the threat from China.
No way this can go tits up. Japan is next.