Word: brinkmanship
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...that point appeared to be underscored by Pyongyang's decision to cancel Tuesday's talks. And a fit of diplomatic pique may be the best-case scenario - the South Koreans are concerned that if North Korea perceives a more hostile shift in Washington, it may renew its unpredictable military brinkmanship in order to put pressure on the U.S. and South Korea. Pyongyang has spent much of the past decade acting crazy with missiles in order to extort aid and concessions from the U.S. and its allies in the region, and there are sound reasons to fear renewed tensions along...
...time of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 in China, it was popular to compare the brinkmanship under way in Beijing's central square to a game of poker. It was easy to watch the student protesters and read the cards on their faces: they wanted political reform, but they held nothing more than their lives. China's leadership was unreadable. Some officials seemed eager for reform; others were enchanted by the possibility of a crackdown. How would they react? When? When tanks finally rolled through Tiananmen on the night of June 4, the world saw how the cards...
...they're alarmed that the hypothetical threat posed by rogue states appears to have superseded the concerns of the world's other major nuclear power in Washington's thinking. If Moscow believes nuclear parity is threatened, it may be no more receptive to the take-it-or-leave it brinkmanship of the GOP leaders than to the soothing salesmanship of a lame-duck Bill Clinton...
...Tokyo and Seoul have pursued a policy of coaxing Pyongyang away from belligerence by offering economic incentives, such as energy and food aid in exchange for nuclear nonproliferation. But that has also created a bargaining framework for North Korea, which has periodically raised the temperature through bouts of military brinkmanship when it feels it's being short-changed. The historic summit in June, if it takes place, will certainly shift the North-South relationship onto a new plane. But the hungry North will likely expect its pound of flesh. Still, judging by the 5 percent bounce on the South Korean...
They'll need to be alert as well. Hanky-panky aside, Scandalmongers is a devilishly constructed entertainment about political warfare, legal brinkmanship and assassination by quill pen. The cast includes Aaron Burr and such FFs as Thomas Jefferson and Jameses Monroe and Madison. But the sharpest focus is on two churlish characters from early American journalism...