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Power Problems • October 15, 2019 

# Tests and Temptations: The Nuclear Balance in Asia 

Vipin Narang of the M.I.T. Department of Political Science joins Trevor Thrall and guest host Eric Gomez to discuss nuclear trends and the nuclear balance in Asia.

- [Vipin Narang bio](https://polisci.mit.edu/people/vipin-narang)
- Vipin Narang, “[Why North Korea Is Testing Missiles Again](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/north-korea/2019-05-16/why-north-korea-testing-missiles-again),” *Foreign Affairs*, May 16, 2019
- Vipin Narang, “[India’s Counterforce Temptations](https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/isec_a_00340),” *International Security*, Winter 2018/19
- Caroline Dorminey and Eric Gomez, “[*America’s Nuclear Crossroads: A Forward-Looking Anthology*](https://research.cato.org/americas-nuclear-crossroads),” June 2019

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Former Senior Fellow, Defense and Foreign Policy Department, Cato Institute

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##### [Eric Gomez](/people/eric-gomez)

Senior Fellow, Defense and Foreign Policy, Cato Institute

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