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The Perilous Case of Kim Jong Il

Michael J. Green | Aug 25, 2009
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
Joseph S. Nye
| Dec 01, 2005
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

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.

Averting the Unthinkable

Stephen J. Morris | Dec 01, 2003
Regime change is the only realistic policy.

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.
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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.

Predictable Pyongyang

David C. Kang | Jul 23, 2010
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

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.
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Blogs

Letting Go of North Korea

Doug Bandow | Oct 21, 2010
Washington should step back and drop the issue in the laps of North Korea's neighbors.

North Korea's New Young Eun

Jacob Heilbrunn | Sep 28, 2010

North Korea and Benign Neglect

Doug Bandow | Sep 20, 2010
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?
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Books & Reviews

Night and Fog

Martin Walker | Dec 01, 2004
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

Leon Aron | Mar 01, 2004
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

Fred C. Ikle | Mar 01, 2004
Robert Bork warns that judicial activism is going global. He doesn't know the half of it.
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