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North Korea's flurry of missile tests raises alarm – but are we seeing anything new?

  • Written by Benjamin Habib, Lecturer in International Relations, Department of Politics and Philosophy, La Trobe University
North Korea's flurry of missile tests raises alarm – but are we seeing anything new?Ahn Young-joon/AP/AAP

The sustained frequency and intensity of North Korea’s missile launches in recent weeks has refocused attention on the Korean Peninsula at a time when the danger of great power war seems more immediate.

Yet the basic strategic balance on the Korean Peninsula remains as it has for decades: mutual deterrence based on overwhe...

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