"The East Asia Security Workshop addressed the robustness of proposals to establish a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Northeast Asia region. Specialists from Japan, Korea, China, Australia, and the United States explored in depth...
more"The East Asia Security Workshop addressed the robustness of proposals to establish a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Northeast Asia region.
Specialists from Japan, Korea, China, Australia, and the United States explored in depth the current status of nuclear extended deterrence in East Asia, the plausibility of substituting conventional for nuclear extended deterrence in US alliance relationships, the cooperative security relationships that are needed to establish a nuclear weapons-free zone, and the thorny issues of North Korea’s nuclear weapons and the Taiwan Straits conflict.
The proposal for a Northeast Asian nuclear weapons-free zone was compared with existing and other proposed zones (such as in the Middle East). Lessons were drawn from these zones as to how to handle North Korea’s challenge in a Northeast Asian zone, and the necessary institutional and monitoring and verification requirements to implement a zone."
