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Pyongyang: Let’s Talk, But Change the Subject

Nayan Chanda November 7, 2006
North Korea has developed a negotiating strategy that takes the country to the edge of major crisis before pulling back in exchange for some concessions. By actually testing a nuclear device in early October, North Korea has gone over the red line that was drawn by the US, China and other powers. But true to style, North Korea has returned to the negotiating table, says Nayan Chanda, and hopes...

IoS 2060: Tsunami Horror Hits Britain

Geoffrey Lean November 6, 2006
Nations have slacked off in reducing energy use and efforts to combat global warming. Nations meeting in Nairobi on setting new targets for pollution reduction will hear three reports – the Stern Report in the UK on economics and global warming, the United Nations report on national efforts and an Institute on Public Policy Research report from the UK that suggests the need for immediate policy...

Climate Chaos? Don't Believe It

Christopher Monckton November 6, 2006
Most scientific evidence points toward an alarming trend of a warmer planet, with a meltdown of polar caps, extinction of species and extreme weather that will threaten populated coasts throughout the world. A small group of people – including writer, puzzle-maker and former advisor to Margaret Thatcher Christopher Monckton – suggests that the warnings about global warming are alarmist and...

Apocalypse Now

David Adam November 4, 2006
A report released by the British government has everyone talking about the weather, and contains dire reasons for the world to start doing something about it. The 600-page Stern Report warns that, unless drastic measures are taken to combat global climate change, average temperatures will rise 2 or 3 degrees Celsius in the next half century, which will in turn melt ice fields, raise sea levels,...

The Withdrawal Syndrome – Part II

Dilip Hiro November 2, 2006
With daily bombings, sniper attacks and abductions, the US struggles to devise a withdrawal plan while maintaining control in Baghdad. This two-part series analyzes how policymakers and citizens in both the US and Iraq question the value of a US presence in the country. With the mid-term election in the US on Tuesday, Republicans could lose control of one chamber in Congress, and President George...

America's Double Standard Fuels Crises

Ramzy Baroud October 31, 2006
North Korea’s nuclear arsenal must be dismantled, but the US must consider the stability of the North Korean Peninsula over its own political goals in any decision about how to proceed. US eagerness for regime change in Iraq led the US to its current quagmire of sectarian conflict and surmounting deficits. In 2005, just after North Korea agreed to end its nuclear program in a joint statement by...

Perilous Journeys: The Plight of North Koreans in China and Beyond

October 27, 2006
One reason for the stalemate over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program is because neighboring nations fear a rush of desperate refugees from the country of 23 million people. The International Crisis Group reports that a record number of North Koreans headed to South Korea this year to escape the brutal political control and isolation of Kim Jong Il, which has led to famine, censorship and...