Nuclear Proliferation in Northeast Asia

O’Neil, Andrew

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“…Greater transparency on nuclear means could accompany such reassurance. Other helpful steps can include the agreement to not attack one another's nuclear facilities, notification of missile testing, and the establishment of sound command and control systems to avoid accidental nuclear launches (O'Neil, 2007, pp. 116–119).…”

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What Role Can Trust Play? Conflicts and Trust‐Building in East Asia

Buitrago

2009

Asian Politics and Policy

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The article explores the concept of trust and its relevance to conflicts and their solution. In conflicts, threat perceptions are a driving force for action. Trust fulfills a psychological need and acts as a stabilizer in human interaction. It is important in efforts of building a cooperative environment and peaceful relations as well as in situations of conflict. Different kinds of trust exist, but all involve some risk-taking. Structural conditions and institutional mechanisms conducive to trust-building, education for trust, and confidencebuilding measures can reduce uncertainty and allow actors to trust one another more. The article applies the issue of trust to a case study of East Asia. The East Asian region is in great political movement with various potential and actual conflicts. The significant role that trust and trust-building can play in reducing tension and fostering dialogue and cooperation in this region is elaborated.

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What Role Can Trust Play? Conflicts and Trust‐Building in East Asia

Buitrago

2009

Asian Politics and Policy

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“…First, it is not entirely clear that such a policy is commensurate with US allies' conceptions of the best means for security and stability in the region. In the words of Andrew O'Neil, "In East Asia, it seems that America's allies themselves do not see extended conventional deterrence as a credible substitute for the nuclear umbrella as part of their bilateral alliance" (O'Neil 2007(O'Neil : 1453. Moreover, as James Wirtz points out, nuclear weapons also play a fundamental role in underpinning broader conventional balances:…”

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Coordinating the arm swing with the pivot: nuclear deterrence, stability and US strategy in the Asia-Pacific

Futter¹,

Zala²

2015

The Pacific Review

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United States foreign policy towards the Asia-Pacific region is set to be fundamentally altered by two developments in Washington's defence policy. The first, much publicised change is the announcement of a so-called pivot towards the region in terms of overall defence strategy. The second, largely going unnoticed but occurring at roughly the same time, is a move towards a far greater role for advanced conventional weaponry in the US defence posture and the subsequent effect on extended nuclear deterrence thinking and practice. This article analyses the interaction of these two trends and discusses a central tension between short-term and long-term challenges for the United States arising from this situation, and suggests that contrary to current developments, either a freeze in the deployment of a number of advanced conventional weapons programmes or a return to a strategy underpinned by traditional notions of nuclear deterrence may provide the most productive basis for future regional security and stability.

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“…Militating against the prospect of regional nuclear conflict in 'hot zones' such as South Asia is a strong economic disincentive for nuclear adventurism, coupled with governments themselves being sensitised to the catastrophic consequences occasioned by even the most limited nuclear exchange (Quinlan 2005). Although Iran's ongoing efforts to acquire nuclear weapons have provoked widespread concern about nuclear stability in the Middle East and globally, as the North Korean example demonstrates, acquiring nuclear weapons carries with it strong expectations of responsible strategic behaviour from states with the potential to target and deter new proliferators with nuclear weapons (O'Neil 2007). Nuclear proliferation has never been a cost-free enterprise.…”

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Australia's Nuclear Horizon: Moving Beyond the Drumbeat of Risk Inflation

Manning¹,

O’Neil²

2007

Australian Journal of Political Science

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The 2006 Switkowski review report commissioned by the Howard government highlighted some of the economic and foreign policy benefits that could flow from a major expansion of Australia's uranium export program. It also identified the long-term advantages for Australia's energy security flowing from the development of a national nuclear industry. The report has been condemned by anti-nuclear groups, who argue that proposals for Australia's continuing and, possibly, deeper involvement in the nuclear fuel cycle are unacceptable. The primary risk identified is that Australian uranium exports will contribute to global nuclear proliferation pressures, but claims concerning nuclear-related terrorism are also an increasingly common theme in antinuclear commentary. These arguments, in turn, are framed within a broader set of assumptions about the 'immoral' nature of any engagement in the nuclear fuel cycle. This article examines the most prominent claims put forward by anti-nuclear proponents and argues that many of them are based on an unnecessary inflation of risk.

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Nuclear Proliferation in Northeast Asia

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What Role Can Trust Play? Conflicts and Trust‐Building in East Asia

What Role Can Trust Play? Conflicts and Trust‐Building in East Asia

Coordinating the arm swing with the pivot: nuclear deterrence, stability and US strategy in the Asia-Pacific

Australia's Nuclear Horizon: Moving Beyond the Drumbeat of Risk Inflation

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