This thesis evaluates three U.S. policy options for North Korean nuclear weapons: incentive-based diplomacy, coercive diplomacy, or military force. It analyzes

North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons has shaken the foundations of U.S. policy in Northeast Asia. Because of North Korea'a record of state- sponsored terror

This paper combines three separate threads of analysis on culture and violent nonstate actors as a launching pad to spur further research into this critical are