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Is It Legal to Stop North Korea’s Nuclear Exports?

May 18, 2003
As the first round of negotiations with North Korea ended without positive results, the US is considering other strategies to deal with the nuclear crisis in Northeast Asia. The hawks in the Bush administration have come up with the "quarantine" solution, which will put North Korea in an...

Militants Widen Reach as Terror Seeps Out of Iraq

May 29, 2007
US leaders described the war in Iraq as a defensive measure and a way to contain terrorists, and for the past four years, militants from around the world flocked to Iraq to fight US forces. But chaos is plentiful in Iraq, and experts report that organizers have expanded their mission to thwart...

两个朝鲜：双重三角关系记

April 10, 2009
在中美友好竞争的背后潜伏着不稳定性和冲突的可能性。但是，这种情景不仅让韩国这样的国家有机会协调这两个大国的关系，在世界舞台上发挥更大作用，而且也使它面临如何保持中立的挑战。按照韩国前任外交部长官韩升洲（Han Sung-Joo）的话说，要更好的理解这种机会，可以想象两个相互关联的三角关系，其中美国和中国作为两角，韩国或者朝鲜是第三角。在韩国参与构成的三角关系中，各方关系基本上是经济和贸易关系，而且相互依赖性很强。韩国出口到中国的大部分商品最后都又到了美国。在朝鲜参与构成的三角关系中，各方关系都是以安全和核力量为基础的。中国是保证朝鲜生存的关键，但是还没有全力对付其核企图。最终，...

Terrorist Networks Lure Young Moroccans to War in Far-Off Iraq

February 20, 2007
DNA tests show that some of the suicide bombers in Iraq came from other countries, willing to cross a continent to die for a cause. Journalist Craig Whitlock describes in the “Washington Post” how Al Qaeda recruits young males in Morocco, including college students and one young man who left a...

North Korea’s Succession Poses New Challenges – Part I

Byong-Chul Lee
November 4, 2010

France and Germany Join U.S. in Effort to Reduce Iraq's Debt

December 17, 2003
US President George W. Bush's envoy on Iraqi debt relief, James Baker III, seems to have already proved his credentials. After talks with officials in the French and German governments, Baker received assurances that those two countries would do what they can to lessen Iraq's debt burden...

Distempered Days

June 28, 2006
Chaos is on the rise in Afghanistan as violent attacks by the Taliban increase, and corruption and the drug trade run rampant through the country. Four years ago, Hamad Karzai was viewed as Afghanistan’s best hope for rebuilding the country, but now many question his leadership. Afghans contend...

Coming Clean or Playing for Time?

October 23, 2003
Iran will allow a tougher UN nuclear inspection regime to confirm that it is not attempting to build nuclear weapons. Issuing a declaration that Iran says outlines all of its nuclear activities, the country aims to fend off economic sanctions promoted by the United States. Skeptics argue, however,...
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