none 10.1353/tns.00014 Project MUSE Project MUSE 147 181566458 852305 20251029053147 10.1353 2025-11-17T18:14:20Z 2025-10-29T10:00:44Z 1 Texas National Security Review tns 2576-1153 09 2025 8 4 Do Young Lee Abstract: In response to North Korea’s escalating nuclear and missile threats, the US and South Korea have taken measures to reinforce extended deterrence: the Washington Declaration, the Nuclear Consultative Group, and the enhanced visibility of US strategic assets around the Korean Peninsula. Despite these steps, South Korea’s public confidence in US extended deterrence commitments has declined. This article argues that this decline is rooted in growing divergence between US and South Korean interpretations of North Korea’s evolving nuclear strategy and the appropriate responses to it. 09 2025 70 79 10.1353/tns.00014 20251029053147 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/973856 https://tnsr.org/roundtable/navigating-the-new-nuclear-map/#essay2