Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation

Comments on Ron Huisken “The DPRK wants a new venue, a new game” and comments by Leonid Petrov, 28/08/2009, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2009/08/28/the-dprk-wants-a-new-venue-a-new-game/

The two issues, namely, the reduction in the number of nuclear weapons (nuclear disarmament by existing owners, especially the US and Russia) and the prevention of nuclear weapons proliferation, should go hand by hand.

But the latter should be effectively enforced, so there is no escalation in the number of nuclear weapons, or an increase in new nuclear weapons. In this regard, it is important for the international community to denuclearise the Korea peninsular.

The current state of play does not have any effective means in controlling proliferation and that is dangerous and a pity.