Does the Non-Proliferation Regime Have Any Future?

... confrontation between the great powers and their inability to agree on the most important issues of world politics further narrows this set. There will be no return of the DPRK to the NPT in the foreseeable future, much less the country’s accession to the CTBT. Any new negotiation process with Pyongyang must, by necessity, proceed first and foremost from the immediate interests, concerns, and priorities of North Korea itself. Apparently, Pyongyang’s priorities are security guarantees for the DPRK and the lifting of at least part of the international sanctions related to North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs. In return, Pyongyang’s behavior could ...