A. O’Neil 
Nuclear Proliferation in Northeast Asia 
The Quest for Security

To what extent does the failing strategy of nonproliferation pose serious challenges for Northeast Asia’s security environment? Are there alternative strategies for managing nuclear weapons in the region? Should the presence of nuclear weapons in Northeast Asia necessarily be seen in exclusively negative terms, as many experts believe?

Table of Content

Northeast Asia’s Security Order The Failing Strategy of Nuclear Nonproliferation Can a Nuclear Armed North Korea Be Managed? China and Japan: Is Nuclear Coexistance Possible? Northeast Asia’s Nuclear Future: The Quest for Security

About the author

ANDREW O’NEILL is Senior Lecturer in the School of Political and International Studies, Flinders University, Australia. He is the author of a range of journal articles and book chapters and is a member of the Australian Foreign Minister’s National Consultative Committee for International Security Issues. Before taking up an academic position in 2000, he worked with Australia’s Department of Defence as an intelligence analyst.