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Poll: Americans, Japanese, and South Koreans Don't Support Using Nuclear Weapons Against North Korea

| Oct. 25, 2022

Summary

For months, evidence has accumulated that North Korea may be preparing its seventh nuclear explosive test. Continuous warnings by analysts and the media about this possibility are a sobering reminder that Pyongyang’s continued pursuit of a larger nuclear arsenal remains a challenge for the Non-Proliferation Treaty and the nonproliferation regime. This continues to be the case even as the public and leaders around the world have largely shifted their attention to the nuclear dimensions of the war in Ukraine.

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Allison, David M. and Stephen Herzog. "Poll: Americans, Japanese, and South Koreans Don't Support Using Nuclear Weapons Against North Korea." Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, October 25, 2022.

 

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Stephen Herzog

  • Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
  • Former Predoctoral Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2020–2021
  • Former Stanton Nuclear Security Predoctoral Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2019–2020
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