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Thinking Nuclear: South Korean Attitudes on Nuclear Weapons

New public opinion data finds robust support for a domestic nuclear weapons program in South Korea.

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By Toby Dalton, Karl Friedhoff, Lami Kim
Published on Feb 21, 2022

Chicago Council

Authors

Toby Dalton
Senior Fellow and Co-director, Nuclear Policy Program
Toby Dalton
Karl Friedhoff

Karl Friedhoff is the Marshall M. Bouton fellow for Asia Studies at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Karl Friedhoff
Lami Kim

Lami Kim is an assistant professor in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College, a US-Korea nextgen scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and an adjunct fellow at Pacific Forum.

Lami Kim
Nuclear PolicyEast AsiaSouth Korea

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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