Double Trouble

The contributors to this volume explore critical security issues that stem from the challenges posed by Iran and North Korea. No work of its kind combines the analysis of the two countries and explores the threat posed by each to regional stability and world order. They examine how and why attempts to curb the nuclear programs and broader political ambitions of each nation have failed; How each nation in their own way has managed to defy the world's preponderant power, the United States, as well as other major powers and the United Nations and offer analysis on where the fractured and oscillating relations with these two nettlesome actors heading. Nuclear weapons are the leading threat posed by these two nations are the key are of concern for the contributors. They assess the long-term implications of these nations' current trajectories for nuclear proliferation, deterrence, alliance management, regional security, and world order These timely and pressing questions about two of the world's most dangerous powers are the focus of this volume.