Abstract
North Korea's record on the nuclear question gives no reason to trust in its compliance with the October 1994 agreement with the United States. This article traces the development of the North Korean nuclear program and the negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency and the United States, as well as Pyongyang's clandestine chemical‐biological weapons production and missile programs. In sum, North Korea poses a real military threat to East Asia, and its clear violations and flaunting of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty endanger the nonproliferation regime. If Pyongyang continues with its noncompliant behavior, the United States must bolster its nuclear and conventional deterrents in East Asia and apply pressure for a real termination of North Korea's nuclear program.
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