There’s a first time for everything, and this is the first official post for North Korea Nuclear Update as it goes public. The purpose of North Korea Nuclear Update is to provide fact-based answers to the most pressing questions about North Korea and its nuclear weapons program. The website is a collaborative effort between the MIT Security Studies program and the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation. The project has produced dozens of short, timely, and fact-based videos about North Korea and its nuclear program.
We also take a step back and look at broader global trends. Nine countries possess nuclear weapons, and after decades of success in reducing nuclear threats, the nuclear powers today seem on the edge of a nuclear arms race. How did we get here? How do we get back to a sane place? Those are some of the questions this site will explore. Thanks for stopping by, and come back again. We will be posting new, interesting, and even entertaining content as we all wrestle with one of the most important issues in the world today.