Korea Articles

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.

The Most Dangerous Country

Nicholas Eberstadt | Sep 01, 1999
A close look at North Korea, a country with a demonstrated capacity for coming up with unpleasant surprises.

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.

Korea and Our Asia Policy

Chalmers Johnson | Sep 01, 1995
On January 30, 1995, in response to a question in a Diet committee,Japanese Prime Minister Murayama Tomiichi* said that Japan is partlyresponsible for the division of the Korean peninsula after World WarII.

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