The following is a link to an article I just published in the Yomiuri Shimbun on the credibility of the US nuclear deterrent in Asia. Japan is seriously considering developing its own nuclear deterrent in the wake of the North Korean nuclear test last fall. Why does it regard the US nuclear deterrent less credible now than in the days when the former Soviet Union had tens of thousands of nuclear weapons that could potentially target Japan?
American Credibility in Asia in the Wake of Iraq
Published on: January 30, 2007
