The contributors discuss Soviet-North Korean nuclear relations, economic and military aspects of the nuclear programme, the nuclear energy sector, North Korea's negotiations with the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization, co-operative security, and US policy. Focusing on North Korean attitudes and perspectives, the text also includes Russian interviews with North Korean officials.
James Clay Moltz is Assistant Director and Research Professor of the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies where he is Director of the NIS Nonproliferation Project. Alexandre Y. Mansourov is a research associate at Harvard University's Korea Institute.