North Korea’s New Nuclear Law Drives Nail in the Coffin of Denuclearization

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North Korea’s New Nuclear Law Drives Nail in the Coffin of Denuclearization

North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly has adopted a new law on nuclear policy, updating a 2013 antecedent. While the law does not fundamentally upend North Korean nuclear strategy or doctrine, it expands the scenarios under which the country’s nuclear weapons may be released.

By Ankit Panda

Published on Sep 12, 2022

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About the Author

Ankit Panda

Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Ankit Panda is the Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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