DH Lee

1) Here I argue: At this critical time when nuclear-armed adversaries expand their arsenals with impunity, pressuring democratic U.S. allies for merely debating security options to support Washington reveals the logical weakness and irony of the nonproliferation orthodoxy.

이란핵은 안 되고 북한핵은 되는 잔혹한 법칙… 80년 핵무기 개발의 진실 youtu.be/1zIn8A1nltc?si… 출처 @YouTube

북핵 상수화 시대...한국형 억제전략 ‘플랜B’ 수립해야하는 이유는 - 매일경제 mk.co.kr/news/world/120…

<한국의 핵안보 프로젝트 3>도 오늘 교보문고의 사회/정치 부문 132위로 베스트셀러에 올랐네요~

La péninsule coréenne après le Congrès du Parti des Travailleurs de Coré... youtu.be/5LQre3XHx-c?si… 출처 @YouTube

“비핵화 실패 대비해 한국형 억제전략 ‘플랜B’ 수립해야”…‘한국의 핵안보 프로젝트’ 3·4권 출간 munhwa.com/article/115832…

[화제의 신간] '核시대 한국의 억제전략' 다룬 「한국의 핵안보 프로젝트4」출간! pennmike.com/news/articleVi…

[Public Opinion Surveys] South Koreans and Their Neighbors 2026 asaninst.org/bbs/board.php?…

2026 Asan Institute polls on Koreans' views on neighbor countries show some interesting results: - Favorability of Japan has risen sharply in recent years, recording all time high with a rating of 5.11 - Takaichi is the most liked foreign leader currently and is also the most liked Japanese PM in the last ten years - Support for indigenous nuclear program has reached an all time high at 80% (63% support even if international sanctions were placed at 52% support even if USFK withdrew as a result) - Korean public opinion remains still much more positive of the US than China

Debate grows in Korea, Japan over nuclear capability amid U.S. doubts buff.ly/WXe7fLY

The issue now is how South Korea would keep this momentum.

South Korea ranked 4th in global arms sales last year, according to @SIPRIorg database and the Korean liberal media Hankyoreh. news.jtbc.co.kr/article/NB1229…

Encourage security debates in South Korea and Japan. Key allies are not proliferation risks.

작년 초에 발간된 저의 졸저 <우리가 모르는 김정은>이 불어로 번역되어 최근에 <La face cachée de Kim Jong-un>이라는 제목으로 프랑스의 Atelier des Cahiers출판사에서 발간되었습니다. 작년에 일어판이, 올해 불어판이 발간되었으니, 내년에는 영어판도 출간될 수 있도록 노력해 볼 계획입니다.

🇯🇵🇰🇷 Prof. John Mearsheimer says the Iran war just taught Japan and South Korea one lesson: "You’d better have your own nuclear deterrent." Japan already has 44 tonnes of plutonium sitting in the UK and France. South Korea watched the U.S. pull THAAD from its soil to fight a war it wasn't consulted on. This is almost certainly already being discussed in Tokyo and Seoul. @clashreport

Well said

3) Another notable fact is that South Koreans do not see indigenous nuclear deterrence as a means of decoupling with the United States. Strong support for the ROK-US alliance remains unchanged in the poll. Koreans now do not separate nukes and alliance. asaninst.org/bbs/board.php?…

2) It’s notable that support for indigenous nuclear armament reached an all-time high of 80%. Even when presented with potential costs—international sanctions (63%), withdrawal of USFK (52.2%), or domestic infrastructure burdens (54.1%)—support remained above majority thresholds.

1) According to @asaninst poll in 2026, stronger nuclear deterrence rose on multiple fronts. Even as there was a 10% increase in confidence in the U.S. extended deterrence (59%), a record 80% (2025: 76.2%) of South Koreans supported acquiring indigenous nuclear weapons.