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Korean War

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

North Korea's Weapons Quest

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

The Most Dangerous Country

A close look at North Korea, a country with a demonstrated capacity for coming up with unpleasant surprises.

Commentary

Korea's New Cold War

It's unsexy, but it's worked for sixty years: deterrence, patience and hope on the Korean peninsula.

Seoul Can Defend Itself

A change in America’s security guarantee to South Korea is long overdue.

Avoiding Pyongyang

The Cheonan incident is South Korea’s responsibility. If Seoul decides on a retaliatory strike, America shouldn’t get involved.

Blogs

A Bad Korean Menu

Tolerating North Korea's mistreatment of its own people and its neighbors is the best option on a menu of bad choices.

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