List of ContributorsForewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction. The Problem with an OperationallyNuclear North KoreaPart I: The North Korean Nuclear DilemmaChapter 1. Translating North Korea's Nuclear Threats intoConstrained Operational RealityChapter 2. North Korean Nuclear Weaponization: A U.S. Policy FailurePart II: What's at Stake for Northeast Asia?Chapter 3. The Implications for Seoul of an Operationally Nuclear North KoreaChapter 4. Beijing's Problem with an Operationally Nuclear North KoreaChapter 5. Japan's Responses to North Korea's Nuclear and Missile TestsChapter 6. Russia's De Facto Nuclear NeighborChapter 7. Washington's Response to an Operationally Nuclear North KoreaChapter 8. North Korea's Nuclear BlackmailPart III: What's at Stake for the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime?Chapter 9. India's Nuclear Exceptionalism and the North Korean Nuclear CaseChapter 10. Global Consequences of an Operationally Nuclear North KoreaChapter 11. DPRK Nuclear Challenges and the Politics of NonproliferationConclusion. Implications and Possible Ways ForwardNotesIndex

North Korean Nuclear Operationality: Regional Security and Nonproliferation brings together some of the most well-respected analysts of the North Korean nuclear situation and offers some timely insight -- especially if South Korean intelligence estimates that the North is planning a fourth underground nuclear test as it hones its ability to miniaturise a warhead are correct. -- Julian Ryall South China Morning Post Gregory Moore has compiled a stimulating, readable collection of essays premised on the rising likelihood of a full-fledged nuclear North Korea... The diversity of views enriches and enlivens the book, and the contributors make a convincing case that it is an issue demanding a wider audience. -- John Delury Global Asia The authors suggest that, since sticks have failed, carrots should be tried more consistently and more imaginatively... The argument presented is ingenious, and if, as suggested, it is associated with proposals for a nuclear-weapon-free zone in North East Asia it might also go some way to easing the damage done by DPRK behaviour so far to the global non-proliferation regime. -- Gerald Clark Asian Affairs Pyongyang is well on the way to mastering the technologies it needs to build a deliverable nuclear weapon. But the expert contriutors to this volume argue convincingly that little will change when North Korea crosses that threshold. The retaliatory capabilities of Japan, South Korea and the United States are already sufficient to deter Pyongyang from attacking anyone with a nuclear weapon, and North Korea already has enough military power to deter anyone from attacking it. -- Andrew Nathan Foreign Affairs Richly detailed and logically laid out, Moore's book is an excellent analysis of North Korea's acquisition of nuclear arms and the consequences to its neighbors. Journal of Nuclear Materials Management

This is the first book ever published in English on North Korea’s nuclear operationality and how it affects regional and global security. Moore has quite successfully addressed his topic.—Chung-in Moon, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

This is the first book ever published in English on North Korea's nuclear operationality and how it affects regional and global security. Moore has quite successfully addressed his topic. -- Chung-in Moon, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea ... One of the poorest and most isolated states in the world, North Korea, has repeatedly violated the rules of the nuclear nonproliferation regime with impunity. Even more telling is the fact that it has done so in direct defiance of the explicit demands of the United States and China, presumptive guardians of the regime... Organizing a coherent strategy to address [this] must begin with a comprehensive assessment of the North Korean nuclear threat. North Korean Nuclear Operationality: Regional Security and Nonproliferation takes an important step in this direction. -- Graham Allison, Harvard University