(Re)Imagining Japan: Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Victimhood Nationalism
By refusing to name the US as perpetrator yet affirming Japan’s status as victim, post-war LDP governments absolved the US of its responsibility.
Strategic or Symbolic? Reassessing Hiroshima and Nagasaki Eighty Years On
Eighty years on, the available information suggest that the US leadership overestimated the strategic impact of the nuclear bombings on Japan.
Opinion – The Potential of Strategic Ambiguity for South Korean Security
South Korea should open up its long taboo over weapons exports to Ukraine as North Korea becomes more intertwined with the war.
How the American Public Views Nuclear North Korea
While experts hold that North Korea’s stockpile is about deterrence, the public’s perception of an offensive posture could shape policy debates towards confrontational strategies.
Regulating Nuclear Weapons
The quest to regulate nuclear weapons gives us one possible answer to the question of why there has not been a third world war.
Opinion – The US Doesn’t Need More Nuclear Weapons
While modernizing the US nuclear arsenal is a necessity, adding more nuclear weapons to the US stockpile is a costly and unnecessary endeavour.
The Danger of Passive Containment and Ignoring North Korea
If stagnation in inter-Korean cooperation is to be bypassed, there needs to be a new approach that goes beyond leveraging economic support for denuclearisation.
The Erosion of the Nuclear Taboo
In the context of the war in Ukraine, the world may be entering a more dangerous phase where the use of nuclear weapons, however localised and limited, emerges as an option.
Opinion – The Future of the Non-Proliferation Treaty
It is high time that states took stock of the emerging threats and the unaddressed gaps that run the risk of further weakening the nuclear non-proliferation regime.
Nuclear Weapons and International Relations
It may seem strange but, despite their offensive power, nuclear weapons are primarily held as defensive tools – unlikely to be ever used. This is due to a concept central to IR known as ‘deterrence’.
