Limits of coercive isolation : rethink strategy on North Korea and Iran

Coercive diplomacy has failed to compel North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons programme and failed to deter Iran advancing its own. Isolating these two target states further will not succeed because isolation increases their incentives to rely on nuclear deterrence for national security.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Timothy W. Crawford
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Commentary
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104340
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20161
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spelling ntu-10356/1043402020-11-01T07:33:19Z Limits of coercive isolation : rethink strategy on North Korea and Iran Timothy W. Crawford S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science Coercive diplomacy has failed to compel North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons programme and failed to deter Iran advancing its own. Isolating these two target states further will not succeed because isolation increases their incentives to rely on nuclear deterrence for national security. 2014-07-11T08:11:25Z 2019-12-06T21:30:46Z 2014-07-11T08:11:25Z 2019-12-06T21:30:46Z 2013 2013 Commentary Timothy W. Crawford. (2013). Limits of coercive isolation : rethink strategy on North Korea and Iran. (RSIS Commentaries, No. 186). RSIS Commentaries. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104340 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20161 en RSIS Commentaries, 186-13 Nanyang Technological University 2 p. application/pdf
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title Limits of coercive isolation : rethink strategy on North Korea and Iran
title_full Limits of coercive isolation : rethink strategy on North Korea and Iran
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title_full_unstemmed Limits of coercive isolation : rethink strategy on North Korea and Iran
title_short Limits of coercive isolation : rethink strategy on North Korea and Iran
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