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Notes from the Balkans

The United States should not balk at getting more deeply involved in the volatile Balkans: a well-crafted foreign policy could yield real results.

Ahead of the Curve: The TNI Archives

Six-party talks over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program are set to resume this Thursday on the heels of failed talks in December and Kim Jong-il’s provocative nuclear test in October. TNI takes a look back at other crucial junctures in A

A New Forum for Peace

A proposal for transforming the six-party talks on North Korea into a security system for northeast Asia.

The Freedom Crusade, Revisited

Leslie H. Gelb, Daniel Pipes, Robert W. Merry and Joseph S. Nye offer their reactions to Robert W. Tucker and David Hendrickson on the Bush Doctrine.

Seoul Searching

Averting the Unthinkable

Regime change is the only realistic policy.

Commentary

Park Geun-hye Comes Calling

The United States and South Korea are too close for either's good.

Previewing Park's New North Korea Policy

South Korea's new president will break with the hard-line approach of Lee Myung-bak.

Shut Down Kaesong, South Korea

The industrial area shared with the North is a source of hard currency for a nation that threatens it.

Blogs

Washington’s Culpability for Turkey’s Misconduct in Cyprus

America's moral cowardice in failing to address Turkey's egregious behavior in Cyprus is yet another unfortunate result of the war on terror.

North Korea's U-Turn

Is North Korea on the brink of collapse?

Pinned by North Korea

Forget North Korea. It's China that's challenging America. 

Books & Reviews

Lifting the Veil on North Korea

Is North Korea an irrational state or a survivor against all odds?

Night and Fog

Alan Furst recreates the atmosphere of Europe's second Dark Ages (1933-45) as few others have. Today, Western civilization is again under attack, and Furst can teach us a great deal.

A Champion for the Bourgeoisie

A fictional 19th-century detective disdains Russia's intelligentsia and preaches a bourgeois sermon on virtue and responsible citizenship to Russia's nascent middle class.

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May 22, 2013