Commentary
The advantage that China has over other global powers, especially America, is that its foreign policy is closely aligned with those of many of the Middle Eastern countries.
Jin Liangxiang, Maha Yahya, Hesham Alghannam
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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.
Published on Feb 21, 2022
About the Authors
Toby Dalton
Senior Fellow and Co-director, Nuclear Policy Program
Toby Dalton is a senior fellow and co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment. An expert on nonproliferation and nuclear energy, his work addresses regional security challenges and the evolution of the global nuclear order.
Karl Friedhoff
Karl Friedhoff is the Marshall M. Bouton fellow for Asia Studies at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
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.
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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