North Korea has deployed thousands of its special forces troops to Russia. What does that mean for the war in Ukraine and the world at large? At Foreign Policy, Keith Johnson discusses the ramifications of the deployment, writing: Russia loses something like 1,000 troops a day in Ukraine. What good are 10,000 fresh troops? And […]
Biden Watches Meekly as North Korea Expands Missile Power
Since Joe Biden took up his residence in the White House, North Korea has ramped up its nuclear tests and posturing. While President Donald Trump tried to generate a detente with North Korea, Biden seems to have simply watched as the Hermit Kingdom’s power has grown. Dasl Yoon reports for The Wall Street Journal on […]
Is War Brewing on the Korean Peninsula?
As Europe boils with war in Ukraine, and China inches closer to attacking Taiwan, could the next eruption of war come on the Korean peninsula? Last week, North Korea launched missiles into the ocean, and the U.S. responded by flying two nuclear-capable B-1B bombers over South Korea. Kim Tong-Hyung reports for Yahoo!News: North Korea added […]
John Bolton, Most Often Dead Wrong but Never in Doubt
Originally posted September 14, 2017. At The American Conservative, Jerrod Laber asks publicly the question many foreign policy realists asks themselves routinely, “Why are we still listening to John Bolton?” Laber says Bolton’s repetitive calls to war are like a “bad broken record,” and that he’s been proven wrong so often he shouldn’t be listened […]
North Korea and the United States Are at a Crossroads
According to Jessica Lee, writing at The National Interest, North Korea and the United States are at a crossroads. Lee wonders if the president may use the State of the Union address to chart a new course for American/North Korean relations. She writes (abridged): North Korea did not launch a long-range missile over Christmas or […]
John Bolton Is Still Winning
That North Korea summit didn’t stay in the headlines very long, did it? I suspect that’s all right by John Bolton, who was frequently cited as having lost out in the decision to hold the meeting. But the crucial thing to keep in mind about Bolton is that he’s not just a manic war-hawk. On […]
John Bolton Hates Diplomacy
Daniel Larison explains at The American Conservative that National Security Advisor John Bolton does not like diplomacy one bit. Larison says that Bolton’s call for quick talks with North Korea is a sign that he doesn’t want them to succeed in the first place. Any solution that will work will take time to negotiate, and […]
North Korea’s Per Capita Income “Smaller Than Haiti’s”
At The American Conservative, Pat Buchanan says Kim Jong-un’s nuclear weapons placed his country—which has a per capita income lower than Haiti’s—on the map. Pat wonders if Kim will “give up his most reliable deterrent against an attack by the United States or China.” Pat writes (abridged): President Donald Trump appears to belong to what […]
Cato’s Doug Bandow Offers a Way Forward With North Korea
At The National Interest, Doug Bandow, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, gives President Trump credit for ignoring the critics and meeting Kim Jong-un. Bandow tells readers that the best next step in negotiations would be a peace treaty, finally bringing the Korean War to an official close, and demonstrating that the U.S. isn’t […]
“A Triumphant President Donald Trump”
With the world watching, President Donald Trump has hammered out the outline of an agreement to denuclearize the Korean peninsula. Despite harsh criticism from his opponents, the world sees that Trump’s efforts make war on the peninsula less likely, an undoubted benefit. Boris Johnson, the British foreign secretary, called the summit “an important step towards […]
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