US Military Chief In Beijing Warns Of North Korea 'Miscalculation' -- Robert Marquand, Christian Science Monitor
US Joint Chiefs of Staff Dempsey is in China looking for help on North Korea. Though Beijing indicated it was 'working on' it, there are a number of reasons why China might be reluctant to push the North too hard.
Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, traveled to China this week to meet its top leaders after weeks of missile threats directed at South Korea and the US by North Korea's Kim Jong-un.
The Chinese told Dempsey of the possibility of a fourth nuclear test by the North, and advocated for a renewal of multi-party talks with the North.
Washington wants China to do more to reign in the North’s young leader, and is under pressure from Tokyo and Seoul not to allow nuclear weapons or ballistic missiles to develop on the Korean Peninsula.
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Dithering While Damascus Burns -- Bob Corker, New York Times
Could John McCain's roadmap for intervening in Syria work? -- J. Dana Stuster, Passport/Foreign Policy
Analysis: Iran's unlikely al Qaeda ties: fluid, murky and deteriorating -- Myra MacDonald, Reuters
Rising Violence in Iraq Spurs Fears of a New Sectarian War -- Tim Arango, New York Times
Kerry calls for a ‘special relationship' with China -- Josh Rogin, The Cable/Foreign Policy
If Russia Is A 'Dying Nation' So Is Every Other Country In Eastern Europe -- Mark Adomanis, Forbes
America our great protector is looking the other way -- David Blair, The Telegraph
Bombing Probe Casts Spotlight on Awkward U.S.-Russia Security Ties -- Simon Shuster, Time
Is Boston only the beginning of a new kind of terror? -- Marc A. Thiessen, Washington
Analysis: Iran's unlikely al Qaeda ties: fluid, murky and deteriorating -- Myra MacDonald, Reuters
Rising Violence in Iraq Spurs Fears of a New Sectarian War -- Tim Arango, New York Times
Kerry calls for a ‘special relationship' with China -- Josh Rogin, The Cable/Foreign Policy
If Russia Is A 'Dying Nation' So Is Every Other Country In Eastern Europe -- Mark Adomanis, Forbes
America our great protector is looking the other way -- David Blair, The Telegraph
Bombing Probe Casts Spotlight on Awkward U.S.-Russia Security Ties -- Simon Shuster, Time
Is Boston only the beginning of a new kind of terror? -- Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post
When Terrorists “Act Alone” -- Max Boot, Commentary
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Kerry calls for a ‘special relationship' with China -- Josh Rogin, The Cable/Foreign Policy
If Russia Is A 'Dying Nation' So Is Every Other Country In Eastern Europe -- Mark Adomanis, Forbes
America our great protector is looking the other way -- David Blair, The Telegraph
Bombing Probe Casts Spotlight on Awkward U.S.-Russia Security Ties -- Simon Shuster, Time
Is Boston only the beginning of a new kind of terror? -- Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post
When Terrorists “Act Alone” -- Max Boot, Commentary
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