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15, 2021</font><br>
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<div
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<font size="2"><b><font
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OF KOREAN WAR
DECLARATION
BEGETS NO
DENUCLEARISATION
OF NK,<br>
NO PEACE AND
PROSPERITY<span
lang="EN-US"><br>
</span>US
SHOULD NOT
ADOPT A NFU
DOCTRINE OF
NUCLEAR BOMBS<span
lang="EN-US"><br>
</span>TWO
FRONTS
CONFLICT,
TAIWAN KOREAN
PENINSULA,
POSSIBLE<span
lang="EN-US"><br>
</span></font></b><b><font
face="Arial
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HYPERSONIC
MISSILE TEST
VERY
CONCERNING</font></b></font><b><b><span
lang="EN-US">
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lang="EN-US"></span></b></div>
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style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US">Washington,
D.C. December
15, 2021 (</span></b><b><i><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">ICAS</span></i></b><b><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US">)</span></b><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US"> — </span><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">A
nineteenth new
poll conducted
by the
Institute for
Corean-American Studies (</span><i><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN-US">ICAS</span></i><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">)
investigates
the possible
effect of end
of the Korean
War
declaration
(EWD) and its
relation to
peace in the
Korean
Peninsula
(KP).</span>
<p
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Conducted
to an <i>ICAS
audience on
the Hill</i>,
80% of the
respondents
believe that
EWD will not
bring peace
and prosperity
to the KP,
while 68%
believe that
such
declaration
will not
introduce
beginning of
new war
either.</span></p>
<p
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Over
66% of the
respondents
believe that a
peaceful
co-existence
is possible
between the SK
people and the
NK people.</span></p>
<p
class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Also,
66% of the
respondents
believe that
the SKG should
not build its
own nuclear
weapons. </span></p>
<p
class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">95% of
the
respondents
believe that
EWD will not
achieve
denuclearisation
of NK and an
establishment
of peace on
the Korean
Peninsula. </span></p>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:12.0pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Over
55% of the
respondents
believe that
the US should
not adopt a
No-First-Use
(NFU) doctrine
of nuclear
bombs.</span></p>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:12.0pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">57% of
the
respondents do
not believe
that SK poses
an existential
threat to Jong
Un Kim (KJU)
regime.</span></p>
<p
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style="margin-top:12.0pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">When
asked about
what EWD may
bring: 64% of
the
respondents do
not believe
that it would
bring
discontinuation
of SK.</span></p>
<p
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style="margin-top:12.0pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">In
managing a
possible
Taiwan
contingency <i>vis-a-vis</i>
a military
action of the
PRC, 46% of
the
respondents
believe that
the USG should
continue
maintaining a
“strategic
ambiguity”
posture, while
48% believe
that the USG
should declare
an affirmative
position of
“strategic
clarity”.</span></p>
<p
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style="margin-top:12.0pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">84% of
the
respondents
believe that a
two fronts
conflict,
i.e., Taiwan
and KP, could
be possible.</span></p>
<p
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">77% of
the
respondents
believe that
the recent
Hypersonic
Missile test (<span
class="spelle">HMt</span>)
conducted by
the PRC is
very
concerning.</span></p>
<p
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style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">The
survey was
conducted from
November 19,
2021 to
December 14,
2021 via email
with a
moderate
credibility
interval.
Supplemental
graphic data
are available
on <a
href="http://www.icasinc.org/strategy.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">www.icasinc.org/strategy.html</a> and <a
href="http://www.icasinc.org/strategy/polling19.pptx"
moz-do-not-send="true">www.icasinc.org/strategy/polling19.pptx</a>. </span></p>
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