U.S. Should Consider Jointly Handling Nuclear Weapons With S. Korea, Japan

The United States should consider jointly handling nuclear weapons with South Korea and Japan so as to prevent the key Asian allies from seeking nuclear armament of their own, a U.S. expert has suggested…"How might Washington prevent nuclear proliferation if South Korea were to decide that it needed to offset North Korea's nuclear arsenal, if Japan were to determine that it had no other option to balance against a rising China, or if both of these outcomes occurred?" Montgomery said in the report...