Index

Agreed Framework (1994) 3, 62, 106–10, 130, 133, 153, 166, 174

Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud 58, 121–27, 144

anti–Americanism in North Korea and Iran 27–33

ballistic missile cooperation 89–91

Banco Delta Asia 110–12, 126, 158

Byungjin 63

China 10–12, 15, 17, 20, 36, 38–39, 42, 54, 68–70, 77, 84–85, 89, 91, 95–97, 104–05, 110, 121–22, 145, 148–50, 168

economy, Macroeconomic comparison of North Korea and Iran 64–71, 144–46

European Union 15, 87, 120–21, 125, 158, 166–67

human rights i, vii, 1–3, 13–14, 17, 20–21, 32, 49, 76–77, 85–89, 96–98, 116, 126, 145–47, 155, 162

IAEA 12–13, 78–80, 105–06, 109, 112, 114, 118, 120–29, 132, 161, 164–65

illicit nuclear aspirants 1–2, 10–16, 83, 94, 140, 168–70

India 9, 11, 13–14, 77, 79, 85, 94, 163, 169

International Atomic Energy Association, see IAEA

Iranian Revolution 49–50

Iraq 3, 7, 9, 14, 16, 35–37, 43, 51–52, 56, 58, 60, 79–84, 87, 89–90, 93, 95–96, 108, 119–20, 123, 140, 143, 149, 155, 161, 167

Israel 7, 9, 11, 13–14, 16, 19, 58, 77, 79, 81–84, 88, 90, 92, 94, 114, 127–29, 144, 147, 155, 160, 163, 167, 169

Jang Song Thaek 42

Japan 15–16, 19, 28–40, 53, 68–69, 82, 84–85, 95, 97, 106–14, 125, 145, 147, 155, 159, 168–69

Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) 2, 12, 91, 128, 152–53, 163, 165

Joint Statement of the Six–party talks (2005) 110, 117–18, 152, 163

Juche 37–38, 49

Khamenei, Ali (Supreme Leader) 17–18, 35, 55–58, 83, 88, 124–25, 132, 144

Khan, A.Q. 14, 81, 92, 165

Khan, Reza, see Pahlavi, Reza Shah

Khatami, Mohammad 59–61, 167

Khomeini, Ruhollah (Ayatollah Khomeini) 33–35, 49–52, 55–58, 83

Kim Il Sung 31–43, 53–56, 61–62, 77, 93, 97, 104–06, 132, 141

Kim Jong Il 39–42, 54–57, 108, 115, 118, 132, 143

Kim Jong Un 42, 57, 62, 82, 119

Korean unification 37–42

Korean War 36–37

Leap Day Deal 117–19, 165–66

Libya 14, 16, 21–22, 60, 81, 89, 91–92, 98, 110, 116, 135, 153

Marshall Kim Jong Un, see Kim Jong Un

military option 128, 159–63

military–first Ideology 49, 54

Mossadeq, Mohammad 30–33

non–proliferation treaty (NPT) 1, 7, 9, 10–21, 77–79, 94, 98, 100, 103–06, 109, 130–32, 148, 151, 163, 168–170

nuclear declarations 165

nuclear terrorism 5–6, 79–83, 97, 139, 147

nuclear weapons 77–79, see also chapter five, North–Korea–Iran cooperation allegations 91–92

outlier states 1, 9, 139

Pahlavi, Reza Shah 29–32

Pahlavi, Mohammad Reza 32–34, 39–40, 78, 94–95, 140

Pakistan 9, 11, 13–14, 21, 77, 79–81, 83, 85, 89–94, 98, 133, 163, 165, 169

Possible Military Dimension (PMD) 126

provocations 83–85

Rafsanjani, Hashemi 58

Republic of Korea, see South Korea

rogue states 1, 8, 139

Rouhani, Hassan 93, 122, 127

sanctions 14–16, 68–71, 126–27, 157–59, see also economy

Saudi Arabia 14, 56, 59, 64, 67, 73, 82–84, 90, 99, 147, 169, 174

Security Council, see UN Security Council

Shah, see Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza

Shia 82

Six Party Talks 110–17

South Korea 7, 14–15, 19, 38–42, 61–70, 77, 84, 95, 104–110, 116–19, 125, 145, 147, 158–60, 168–71

Syria 5, 14, 81–82, 89, 91–92, 98, 114–16, 153, 155

terrorism, see also nuclear terrorism, 79–83

UN General Assembly 17

UN Security Council 1, 15–19, 26, 68, 86, 94, 96, 111–12, 116–25, 130, 134, 136, 153, 157, 163–73

unification, see Korean unification