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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.

Hope Over Experience

Mitchell B. Reiss | May 01, 2007
Mitchell Reiss’ analysis of the six-party talks’ potential to bolster American and northeast Asian security are pertinent amidst reports of some progress with

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.

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.

Seoul Searching

| Sep 01, 2005
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Commentary

Park Geun-hye Comes Calling

Doug Bandow | May 08, 2013
The United States and South Korea are too close for either's good.

Previewing Park's New North Korea Policy

Andrei Lankov | May 07, 2013
South Korea's new president will break with the hard-line approach of Lee Myung-bak.

Exploit Beijing's Nuclear Nightmare

Ted Galen Carpenter | Apr 19, 2013
China won't risk pressuring North Korea unless it fears Japan and South Korea might develop bombs of their own.
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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

Lifting the Veil on North Korea

Bruce Cumings | May 01, 2013
Is North Korea an irrational state or a survivor against all odds?

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.
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