Joint U.S. Korea Academic Studies
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Joint U.S.-Korea Academic Studies 2011About Joint U.S. Korea Academic Studies
For over twenty years, KEI has sponsored annual major academic symposiums at universities across the country and major academic conferences. Each year, papers are specially commissioned to fit panel topics of current policy relevance to the U.S.-ROK alliance and implications for the Korean peninsula. Following the symposium, KEI edits and publishes those papers in an annual volume entitled “Joint U.S.-Korea Academic Studies.”
Published February 15, 2012
Download PDFIn the last year, South Korea has won a number of contracts for foreign nuclear sales against stiff competition from traditional nuclear suppliers, putting it on the path towards becoming a major nuclear exporter. However, nonproliferation- related concerns could hinder South Korea’s advancement of its nuclear exports, particularly as the ROK pushes its controversial efforts at pyroprocessing—a spent fuel recycling process. While Seoul has taken steps to strengthen its nonpro- liferation credentials, South Korea must take more of a leading role in the nuclear nonproliferation regime in order to meet its goals as a nuclear exporter.