DPRK Nuclear May 2009 Nuclear Test: Analysis and Opinion

Analysis, editorials, opinion pieces and videos by NCNK members and others regarding the DPRK's May 25, 2009 nuclear test.

NCNK members are indicated below with an asterisk (*). Views expressed by individual National Committee on North Korea members are their own and should not be attributed to the National Committee itself.

Last Updated June 5, 2009

*Dr. Charles Armstrong (Interview with G-Man), "Crises in North Korea" Gman Blogspot, June 2, 2009.

*Dr. Charles Armstrong, "A Realist Approach to North Korea," Far Eastern Economic Review, June 2009.

Doug Bandow, "The Best Korea Strategy for the US is to let others take the lead" Tapei Times, June 4, 2009.

Scott Bruce and Peter Hayes, "Winning, Not Playing the Nuclear Game with North Korea" Nautilus Institute, June 2, 2009.

Joseph Cirincione, "One More Reason to Worry About North Korea" Salon.com, May 28, 2009.

*Dr. Siegfried Hecker, "From Pyongyang to Tehran, with Nukes" Foreign Policy Magazine, May 26, 2009.

*Dr. Siegfried Hecker, "The Risks of North Korea's Nuclear Re-Start," The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, May 12, 2009.

*Ambassador Thomas Hubbard, "Fmr. Ambassador Response to North Korean Missile Launch" C-Span, May 31, 2009. (Video Link)

KCNA, "KCNA Report on One More Successful Underground Nuclear Test" KCNA, May 25, 2009.

Daryl G. Kimball, "Testing the World's Patience" Arms Control Association, June 2009

*Leon V. Sigal, "Punishing North Korea won't Work," Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, May 28, 2009.

*Scott Snyder, "Second Nuclear Test: North Korea Does what it Says," Global Security.org. May 25, 2009.

Stephen M. Walt, "On North Korea's Nuclear and Missile Tests" Foreign Policy Magazine, May 26, 2009.