A nuclear test by North Korea would alter the security framework of North East Asia in two distinct areas - proliferation and operational restraint.

The path towards a resolution of the North Korean nuclear crisis remains difficult given both the lack of politically tenable options and the powerful constraints on these options. This paper explores these options and constraints.

The first step has been taken towards a resolution of the North Korean nuclear crisis. But the 23-25 April trilateral negotiations held in Beijing, involving the United States, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and China may have raised as many questions as provided answers. This Research Note summarises the major issues.

The military action to forcibly remove the regime of Saddam Hussein raises the question of whether to apply a similar solution to the Kim Jong-Il regime in North Korea. This paper outlines the difficulty of a military solution in the North Korean situation.

The decision of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) to withdraw from the nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty and to restart its nuclear program frozen under the 1994 Agreed Framework with the United States has sparked international concerns of nuclear arms proliferation and regional concerns of an imminent crisis. This paper outlines the key...