No Good Choices: The Implications of a Nuclear North Korea

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No Good Choices: The Implications of a Nuclear North Korea

By Joseph Cirincione and Jon Wolfsthal

Published on Oct 3, 2005

Source: The Brown Journal of World Affairs

Director for Non-Proliferation Joseph Cirincione wrote an essay, "No Good Choices: The Implications of a Nuclear North Korea," for the Brown Journal of World Affairs. Register for free on the Brown Journal of World Affairs website by clicking here.

About the Authors

Joseph Cirincione

Former Senior Associate, Director for NonProliferation

Jon Wolfsthal

Former Nonresident Scholar, Nuclear Policy Program

Jon Wolfsthal was a nonresident scholar with the Nuclear Policy Program.

Nuclear Policy South Korea

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