On Deterrence and Nonproliferation

摘要

Trump suggested in March he might support U.S. allies’ development of their own nuclear weapons, rather than coveringrnthe likes of Japan and South Korea under the costly U.S. military umbrella. The White House, as well as Japanese andrnSouth Korean officials, dismissed the idea; Ben Rhodes, deputy national security adviser for strategic communications,rnsaid “it would be catastrophic were the United States to shift its position and indicate that we support somehow thernproliferation of nuclear weapons to additional countries.”