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Pyongyang's Proliferation

| Dec. 20, 2011

Eben Harrell published an op-ed on TIME.com about Kim Jong Il's nuclear proliferation legacy.

Kim Jong Il’s death leaves the Korean peninsula and the rest of East Asia in a period of great uncertainty. But one of Kim Jong Il’s most dangerous legacies has security implications well beyond the region: he leaves behind a thriving nuclear weapons export business that must now be stopped.

For more information on this publication: Belfer Communications Office
For Academic Citation: Harrell, Eben.“Pyongyang's Proliferation.” Time, December 20, 2011.

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