Will North Korea Resume The Korean War? -- George Friedman, Real Clear World/Stratfor
On Jan. 29, I wrote a piece that described North Korea's strategy as a combination of ferocious, weak and crazy. In the weeks since then, three events have exemplified each facet of that strategy. Pyongyang showed its ferocity Feb. 12, when it detonated a nuclear device underground. The country's only significant ally, China, voted against Pyongyang in the U.N. Security Council on March 7, demonstrating North Korea's weakness. Finally, Pyongyang announced it would suspend the armistice that ended the Korean War in 1953, implying that that war would resume and that U.S. cities would be turned into "seas of fire." To me, that fulfills the crazy element.
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The Obama administration’s response to the Falklands referendum is insulting, wrong and mean-spirited -- Nile Gardiner, The Telegraph
US repeating mistakes of past in Syria -- Paul Londrigan, The Hill
Should The U.S. Arms Rebels In Syria? -- NPR
North Lebanon is Ready to Blow -- Michael Totten, World Affairs
The End of the Two-State Solution Why the window is closing on Middle-East peace -- Ben Birnbaum, New Republic
Russia's Stake in the Afghan War -- David Satter, Real Clear World
Looking ahead to a post-Karzai Afghanistan -- Washington Post editorial
To Hell With Karzai -- Leslie H. Gelb, Daily Beast
Annoyed, China Sticks with North Korea -- Nayan Chanda, Real Clear World
The Putin Doctrine: Russia's Quest to Rebuild the Soviet State -- Leon Aron, Foreign Affairs
Is It Time for Spain to Dissolve the Monarchy? -- Juan Moreno, Spiegel Online
The Obama administration’s response to the Falklands referendum is insulting, wrong and mean-spirited -- Nile Gardiner, The Telegraph
Looking ahead to a post-Karzai Afghanistan -- Washington Post editorial
To Hell With Karzai -- Leslie H. Gelb, Daily Beast
Annoyed, China Sticks with North Korea -- Nayan Chanda, Real Clear World
The Putin Doctrine: Russia's Quest to Rebuild the Soviet State -- Leon Aron, Foreign Affairs
Is It Time for Spain to Dissolve the Monarchy? -- Juan Moreno, Spiegel Online
The Obama administration’s response to the Falklands referendum is insulting, wrong and mean-spirited -- Nile Gardiner, The Telegraph
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