Collapse of North Korea More Dangerous Than Kim’s Threats -- Jonathan Manthorpe, Vancouver Sun
The big danger in the Far East is not that North Korea will attack its neighbours, but that the regime will collapse and intervention by other players will provoke unpredictable and highly volatile results.
It has received little attention in the West, but there are signs that Kim Jong-un and his mentors are continuing policies started by his father, Kim Jong-il who died in December 2011, to liberalize the regime.
For authoritarian regimes like Pyongyang, this is always a dangerous transition, and events can easily spiral out of control.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Amid another North Korea storm, look who's calm -- Christian Science Monitor editorial
When Blackmail Fails -- Jed Babbin, American Spectator
North Korea is a dangerous joke -- Tim Stanley. Gulf News
North Korean War Threats Spotlight Its Untested Dictator -- Terry Atlas, Bloomberg
Our policy toward North Korea isn’t working -- Mike Chinoy, Washington Post
Syria’s Civil War: The Mystery Behind a Deadly Chemical Attack -- Aryn Baker, Time
What the Iraq war taught me about Syria -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
Egypt President Mohammad Mursi eyes Islamist rule in all spheres -- Gulf News
Why everyone in the Middle East can’t just get along -- George Jonas, National Post
French in Mali face Islamist insurgency of unknown strength -- Robert Marquand, Christian Science Monitor
The role of governance and aid in Mali
When Blackmail Fails -- Jed Babbin, American Spectator
North Korea is a dangerous joke -- Tim Stanley. Gulf News
North Korean War Threats Spotlight Its Untested Dictator -- Terry Atlas, Bloomberg
Our policy toward North Korea isn’t working -- Mike Chinoy, Washington Post
Syria’s Civil War: The Mystery Behind a Deadly Chemical Attack -- Aryn Baker, Time
What the Iraq war taught me about Syria -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
Egypt President Mohammad Mursi eyes Islamist rule in all spheres -- Gulf News
Why everyone in the Middle East can’t just get along -- George Jonas, National Post
French in Mali face Islamist insurgency of unknown strength -- Robert Marquand, Christian Science Monitor
The role of governance and aid in Mali
Syria’s Civil War: The Mystery Behind a Deadly Chemical Attack -- Aryn Baker, Time
What the Iraq war taught me about Syria -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
Egypt President Mohammad Mursi eyes Islamist rule in all spheres -- Gulf News
Why everyone in the Middle East can’t just get along -- George Jonas, National Post
French in Mali face Islamist insurgency of unknown strength -- Robert Marquand, Christian Science Monitor
The role of governance and aid in Mali's crisis -- Isaline Bergamaschi, Al Jazeera
Cyprus spring or eurozone winter? -- Simon Miller, The Commentator
German chancellor Angela Merkel: The world’s most powerful woman -- Jeffrey Gedmin, Gulf News
Cyprus, it’s all Greek to me -- Yiorgos Karahalis, Reuters
BRICS summits are so last decade -- Ruchir Sharma, Times of India
What the Iraq war taught me about Syria -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
Egypt President Mohammad Mursi eyes Islamist rule in all spheres -- Gulf News
Why everyone in the Middle East can’t just get along -- George Jonas, National Post
French in Mali face Islamist insurgency of unknown strength -- Robert Marquand, Christian Science Monitor
The role of governance and aid in Mali's crisis -- Isaline Bergamaschi, Al Jazeera
Cyprus spring or eurozone winter? -- Simon Miller, The Commentator
German chancellor Angela Merkel: The world’s most powerful woman -- Jeffrey Gedmin, Gulf News
Cyprus, it’s all Greek to me -- Yiorgos Karahalis, Reuters
BRICS summits are so last decade -- Ruchir Sharma, Times of India