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Chung-in Moon and David Plott |
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For anyone longing for peace and security on the Korean Peninsula, these have been trying months. The recent escalation of tensions, culminating spectacularly in North Korea’s surprise second nuclear test on May 25, have once again refocused...
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Reflections on a Summit By Chung-in Moon |
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As a special delegate to both the 2000 and 2007 summits between North and South Korea, the first such meetings ever held on the divided peninsula, I was fortunate to witness the changes in North-South relations over those seven years as reflected in the ...
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The Inter-Korean Summit: One Good Turn Deserves Another By Leon V. Sigal |
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For six years South Korean Presidents Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun sought a second inter-Korean summit meeting - without success. Why did North Korean leader Kim Jung-il agree to meet now? It is his way of acknowledging President George W. Bush’s commendable about-face on North Korea policy...
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Accessing the Nuclear Tests in North Korea By Jon B. Wolfsthal |
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On Monday, October 8, North Korea apparently tested a nuclear device of indeterminate yield. The test threatens the entire security system and stability in East Asia, and undermines American interests acutely. Having delayed answering difficult...
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Pakistan on the Brink By Ahmed Rashid
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Less than two months after US President
Barack Obama took office, China and the US were
embroiled in a dispute over a US spy ship in the waters off
of China’s coast.
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Palin resigning as Alaska governor in surprise move
Posted: July 04, 2009 13:01
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Sarah Palin, the brash, deeply conservative governor of Alaska who crashed onto the U.S. national political scene last year as the Republican candidate for U.S. vice pres..
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North Korea raises stakes with new missile launch
Posted: July 04, 2009 12:44
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea test-fired three Scud missiles on Saturday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said, further stoking regional tensions that were already high due to its nuclear test in May..
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Putin rejects Obama criticism before meeting
Posted: July 04, 2009 04:08
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday rejected U.S. President Barack Obama's charge that he was mired in Cold War thinking, setting the scene for a stormy first meeting at..
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Medici lawyer says Kohn didn't get Madoff payments
Posted: July 04, 2009 02:17
NEW YORK/VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian fund manager Sonja Kohn did not receive any kickbacks from Bernard Madoff to steer Bank Medici customer funds to the swindler's investment business, a Medici lawye..
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Honduras rulers reject OAS call for Zelaya return
Posted: July 04, 2009 12:20
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras's interim rulers spurned a demand from the Organization of American States on Friday to restore leftist President Manuel Zelaya to power, deepening Central America's w..
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North Korea test-fires missiles
Posted: July 04, 2009 11:05
South Korea's Yonhap news agency, citing an unnamed government official, reports that North Korea on Saturday test-fired two Scud-type missiles that have an estimated range of 500km..
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Burmese elite enjoy times of plenty
Posted: July 04, 2009 03:45
Some Rangoon business people say its spurt of highly conspicuous consumption reflects the economy's deep malaise rather than its fundamental health ..
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China joins carbon tax protest
Posted: July 04, 2009 03:20
Beijing has joined a growing clamour of complaint about US plans for a carbon tax on imports from countries without their own emission caps, warning it could set off a global trade war..
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UN's Ban presses Burma to free prisoners
Posted: July 04, 2009 01:15
Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary-general, has met Burma's reclusive Senior-General Than Shwe to press for the freedom of political prisoners and political reforms..
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US drone targets militants in missile attack
Posted: July 03, 2009 23:31
At least 11 suspected islamic militants were killed in a US missile attack by drone aircraft in Pakistan's Waziristan region, ahead of an expected military offensive by the Pakistan army..
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What to Read on States and Markets
Posted: June 30, 2009 01:30
July 1, 2009
As governments around the world have responded to the global economic crisis, questions about the appropriate relationships betwee..
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Can the Right War Be Won?
Posted: June 26, 2009 00:53
Defining American Interests in Afghanistan
July 1, 2009
The Obama administration recen..
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The Pentagon's Wasting Assets
Posted: June 24, 2009 05:37
The Eroding Foundations of American Power
July 1, 2009
The military foundations of the..
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The Real War in Mexico
Posted: June 24, 2009 05:32
How Democracy Can Defeat the Drug Cartels
July 1, 2009
Brazen assassinations, kidnappi..
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Which Way Is History Marching?
Posted: June 24, 2009 01:25
Debating the Authoritarian Revival
July 1, 2009
DEMOCRACY'S VICTORY IS NOT PREORD..
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