America and South Korea need to push China to take the lead in curbing North Korean aggression.
North Korea’s elderly leadership is nervous and bellicose. This bodes ill for any nuclear negotiations.
Kim Jong-il was bad. His successor will be worse.
Kim Jong-il loves attention. Instead of going into crisis mode whenever he throws a temper tantrum, we should ignore him—while quietly reminding the Chinese that a nuclear-armed North isn’t in their interest.
North Korea loves attention. Perhaps the best way to deal with its nuclear antics is a period of benign neglect.
Some say the KMT victory in Taiwan’s legislative elections will put an end to rocky relations with the mainland. But the truth is both of Taiwan’s parties—as well as its people—have drifted far away from the regime in Beijing.
In "Designated Driver Diplomacy", John C. Hulsman applies an ill-advised one-dimensional world-view to U.S.-British relations, writes Barak M. Seener.