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The two Koreas differ sharply in their political and military need for missiles and weapons of mass destruction. South Korea is now a global economic power that is fully integrated into the international system. North Korea’s economy is close to that of a failed state, and it needs nuclear weapons and missiles for both political prestige and leverage in negotiating with the United States and its neighbors.
A new report by the CSIS Burke Chair in Strategy provides a detailed analysis of the North Korean nuclear forces and the threat of WMDs in Southeast Asia, and is available on the CSIS website at
http://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/160725_Korea_WMD_Report_0.pdf.
The full table of contents for the report is available below.
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