Publication

This paper presents US perspectives on the establishment and possible future of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). The authors state that the PSI does not offer a permanent solution to the nuclear disputes with North Korea and Iran, but if implemented successfully, the initiative does provide the option of forestalling the development of Iran and North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs. The paper concludes that the PSI is not a perfect counter-proliferation tool, but states that otherwise there are not any better options for curbing the spread of nuclear and missile hardware and software in the international security environment.