Getting to Nuclear Zero in Northeast Asia

Gregory Kulacki is the East Asia Project Director for the Union of Concerned Scientists, USA, and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition at Nagasaki University, Japan.Keiko Nakamura is an Associate Professor at the Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University (RECNA), Japan.Jae-Jung Suh is Professor of International Relations at International Christian University, Japan and author and editor of several books on security in Northeast Asia and Korea.Tatsujiro Suzuki is a Visiting Professor at the Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University (RECNA), Japan. Before joining RECNA, he served as Vice Chairman of Japan Atomic Energy Commission from 2010 to 2014. He is the author of Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Power (2017).

• Part I: Introduction Chapter 1. An Opening for Regional Denuclearization: Executive Introduction Part II: Connecting Past Practice to Current Problems Chapter 2. The US-China Competition Is Going Nuclear: Deadlock on Thin Ice Chapter 3. A Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone in Northeast Asia: From a Japanese Security Perspective Chapter 4. Changing Security Dynamics in the Korean Peninsula: Rising Strategic Competition, Destabilizing Balance of Terror Chapter 5. The Mongolian Miracle: From Buffer to Beacon Part III: The Path to Denuclearization: Risk Reduction through Common Security Chapter 6. Revisiting the Comprehensive Security Roadmap To Reduce the Risk of War on the Korean Peninsula Chapter 7. Reconsidering Extended Nuclear Deterrence: Inherent Flaws Within Chapter 8. Rationale for a NWFZ in Northeast Asia Leading to Global Nuclear Disarmament: A Viewpoint from International Law Chapter 9: Getting to Zero in Korea: Weathered Carriage on a Viable Path Chapter 10. Civil Society Initiatives for Establishing a Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone: Focusing on Debates in the Japanese Diet Part IV: Conclusion Chapter 11. Toward a Secure Northeast Asia without Nuclear Weapons: Proposing NWFZ 2.0 and a C3 Security Regime