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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

China Spats

Beijing's uncooperative attitude has played into the hands of hawks. But Washington must pick its battles.

Predictable Pyongyang

Don’t expect the pressure Washington and Seoul are putting on North Korea to lead to any real movement on the peninsula. 

The Cheonan Attack

North Korea clearly wanted to sink the ship—Kim Jong-il personally promoted a commander involved in the operation.

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

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.

Bad Laws Make Bad Judges

Robert Bork warns that judicial activism is going global. He doesn't know the half of it.

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February 12, 2012