[현안분석] Challenges and Opportunities Facing Middle-Power Nonproliferation Overachieverss: The Republics of Kazakhstan and Korea

...section of this manuscript reviews the achievements of Kazakhstan in countering the vertical and horizontal spread of nuclear weapons. These contributions include eliminating it’s the nuclear arsenal Kazakhstan inherited from the Soviet Union and discouraging other countries from seeking nuclear weapons. The second section compares the Kazakhstan case to that of the Republic of Korea (ROK), which...

[학술논문] NWFZ Treaty Regime and Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula

...Libya abandoned its nuclear program after failing to develop nuclear weapons. Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus turned over all of their nuclear weapons to Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. South Africa and Libya joined the Pelindaba Treaty to complete the denuclearization of Africa, and Kazakhstan concluded the Semipalatinsk Treaty to agree to the denuclearization of Central Asia. The...