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Reducing Nuclear Salience: How to Reassure Northeast Asian Allies

Growing threats require renewed U.S. alliance deterrence and assurance initiatives in East Asia. But increasing the prominence of nuclear weapons in U.S. northeast Asian alliances could backfire.

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By Lauren Sukin and Toby Dalton
Published on Jul 12, 2021

Washington Quarterly

About the Authors

Lauren Sukin

Nonresident Scholar, Nuclear Policy Program

Lauren Sukin a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and associate professor at the University of Oxford.

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.

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Lauren Sukin
Nonresident Scholar, Nuclear Policy Program
Lauren Sukin
Toby Dalton
Senior Fellow and Co-director, Nuclear Policy Program
Toby Dalton
SecurityNuclear PolicyArms Control

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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