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The Perilous Case of Kim Jong Il

Kim Jong Il is dying. Sons, generals and statesmen vie for his throne. With Pyongyang's impressive arsenal of chemical-, biological- and nuclear-weapons programs, the Fall of the House of Kim could end in a peninsular war or worse.

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.

North Korea's Weapons Quest

With nuclear weapons, North Korea aims to finish what it started: the Korean War.

Living with the Unthinkable

A nuclear North Korea is inevitable. Coexist and contain.

Averting the Unthinkable

Regime change is the only realistic policy.

Our Other Korea Problem

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.

Commentary

Previewing Park's New North Korea Policy

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

Exploit Beijing's Nuclear Nightmare

China won't risk pressuring North Korea unless it fears Japan and South Korea might develop bombs of their own.

There's No North Korea Crisis

Kim Jong-un, like his father before him, threatens the world with military farce.

Blogs

Letting Go of North Korea

Washington should step back and drop the issue in the laps of North Korea's neighbors.

North Korea and Benign Neglect

Few people outside—and probably even inside—North Korea’s capital have any idea what's going on there. Is it time to let the Koreans work things out for themselves?

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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May 25, 2013