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Ahead of the Curve: The TNI Archives

| Feb 01, 2007
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

Ian Bremmer
Choi Sung-hong
Yoriko Kawaguchi
| Dec 01, 2005
A proposal for transforming the six-party talks on North Korea into a security system for northeast Asia.

North Korea's Weapons Quest

Nicholas Eberstadt | Jun 01, 2005
With nuclear weapons, North Korea aims to finish what it started: the Korean War.

Living with the Unthinkable

Ted Galen Carpenter | Dec 01, 2003
A nuclear North Korea is inevitable. Coexist and contain.

Our Other Korea Problem

Nicholas Eberstadt | Sep 01, 2002
The real threat to America's position in Korea doesn't emanate only from Pyongyang: How the "sunshine policy" could foreshadow the sunset of the U.S.-South Korean alliance.

Korea: A Time to be Bold?

Michael J. Mazarr | Mar 01, 1998
A new strategy toward North Korea might just enable us to recover custody of our policy from fate.
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Commentary

North Korea's New Boy-General

Michael J. Green | Sep 29, 2010
Kim Jong Il can sit back, have a cigar and sip his Hennessy. His boy's got his back now.

The Cheonan Attack

Douglas H. Paal | Jun 03, 2010
North Korea clearly wanted to sink the ship—Kim Jong-il personally promoted a commander involved in the operation.

Avoiding Pyongyang

Doug Bandow | May 24, 2010
The Cheonan incident is South Korea’s responsibility. If Seoul decides on a retaliatory strike, America shouldn’t get involved.
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Blogs

No More South Korean Appeasement

Doug Bandow | Jun 29, 2011
As long as the Kim regime emphasizes military bluster, the South should emphasize military strength. Aid is best left to humanitarian groups.

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