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North Korea nuclear strategy
![North Korea’s Nuclear Buildup Means Mutually Assured Destruction, Not Coercion North Korea’s Nuclear Buildup Means Mutually Assured Destruction, Not Coercion](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-07-13-134214.jpg)
North Korea’s Nuclear Buildup Means Mutually Assured Destruction, Not Coercion
By Denny Roy
North Koreans have reasons to believe a large and highly survivable nuclear arsenal is necessary to deter the United States from attacking their country.
![North Korea’s Dangerous Turn North Korea’s Dangerous Turn](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-08-29-174040.jpg)
North Korea’s Dangerous Turn
By Ankit Panda
Tactical nuclear weapons represent the next, dangerous phase of North Korea’s nuclear modernization.
![Arming to Disarm: North Korea’s Nuclear Paradox Arming to Disarm: North Korea’s Nuclear Paradox](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-03-25-131537.jpg)
Arming to Disarm: North Korea’s Nuclear Paradox
By Soon-ok Shin
Even as its nuclear capacity continues to advance, Pyongyang will keep its anti-nuclear doctrine in place – despite the growing contradiction.
![Nuclear Stability, Conventional Instability: North Korea and the Lessons From Pakistan Nuclear Stability, Conventional Instability: North Korea and the Lessons From Pakistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-rtx3ehno.jpg)
Nuclear Stability, Conventional Instability: North Korea and the Lessons From Pakistan
By Ankit Panda and Vipin Narang
As the case of Pakistan shows, a nuclear deterrent will not guarantee North Korea its “final victory.”
![Bombers and Missiles Show Limits of US Responses to North Korean ICBM Tests Bombers and Missiles Show Limits of US Responses to North Korean ICBM Tests](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-02-10_20-54-51.jpg)
Bombers and Missiles Show Limits of US Responses to North Korean ICBM Tests
By Steven Stashwick
North Korean missiles show increasing capability while U.S. responses remain static.
![North Korea: The Other Anti-Access Threat? North Korea: The Other Anti-Access Threat?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-01-05_18-57-35.jpg)
North Korea: The Other Anti-Access Threat?
By Van Jackson
It's time to apply anti-access thinking beyond China -- or risk losing a limited conflict to North Korea.
![Why North Korea Wants Mutually Assured Destruction Why North Korea Wants Mutually Assured Destruction](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-11-20_17-04-26.jpg)
Why North Korea Wants Mutually Assured Destruction
By Van Jackson
A look at what Pyongyang is seeking and why.
![What Is North Korea's Nuclear Strategy? What Is North Korea's Nuclear Strategy?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-05-01_02-21-04.jpg)
What Is North Korea's Nuclear Strategy?
By Van Jackson
A look at how Pyongyang views -- and might use -- its nuclear weapons.
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