Practical information
Accessibility
Themes and regions
Related centers and programs
This is a private event.
Learn more about our corporate support packages
From the growing size and diversification of the North Korean nuclear arsenal, and an open rhetoric in favor of nuclear proliferation in the South because of the loss of credibility of U.S. extended deterrence, the Peninsula is facing raising nuclear tensions.
Invited alongside Vladimir Putin to the Victory Day parade in Beijing in early September 2025, Kim Jung-un is strengthening his position as regional leader through increased military cooperation with China and Russia and a nuclear program that is gaining credibility. Although no new tests have been conducted since 2017, ballistic missile launches, with increasing range, are becoming more frequent, and the doctrine is evolving towards greater aggression.
In the South, relations between Seoul and Washington are strained due to Donald Trump's unstable foreign policy. Although South Korea knows it is indispensable to the United States in its competition with China, the coordination mechanisms put in place under the Biden administration, such as the Washington Declaration, are being put to the test. As a result, political rhetoric in favor of a national nuclear program is gaining popularity.
How can we understand these nuclear dynamics on the Korean peninsula? And how might they evolve in an increasingly tense strategic environment?
Speaker:
Bee Yun Jo, researcher at the Sejong Institute and non-resident researcher at the Atlantic Council
Moderator:
Héloïse Fayet, researcher and head of the Deterrence and Proliferation program at Ifri
Contact
Attendance is by invitation only. Please contact the Security Studies Center ([email protected]) for any question.
Related Subjects
Other events
A New Moment for Central Europe? Regional Cooperation in a Time of European Strategic Choices
Recent political developments in Central Europe have revived the debate about the future of regional cooperation and the Visegrád Group. Changes in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, together with Austria’s growing interest in closer cooperation with its neighbours, could create new opportunities for dialogue and coordination around shared priorities.
China’s Nuclear Buildup: Developments, Drivers, and Implications for Major-Power Relations and Arms Control
China has been steadily expanding its nuclear arsenal for several years amid levels of geopolitical tension unseen since the end of the Cold War, marked by a resurgence in nuclear proliferation and a broader, global arms race.
Reinventing Coordination in an Age of Fragmentation 3rd Paris Geoeconomic Dialogue
The world economy is being reordered. The certainties of the post-Cold War era, open trade, dollar centrality, predictable multilateral coordination, are giving way to a landscape shaped by rivalry between the United States and China, the weaponization of interdependence, and a scramble to secure supply chains, technologies and critical resources. What once looked like a stable architecture now appears fragile, contested, and in places actively being dismantled.