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...least the next year, his political activities—he’s been a harsh critic of the National Security Agency’s domestic spying program, for example—and scholarship are sure to keep him busy...
...might have been expected that, three days after North Korea announced a nuclear test in defiance of the international community, the rogue regime would be suffering harsh consequences. Not yet, anyway. The U.N. Security Council appears divided as to just how harsh those consequences ought to be. What's more, the Bush Administration's strenuous assurances that it has no plans to attack North Korea - even as it defends its continued refusal to talk directly to the regime in Pyongyang - are pointers to some of the difficulties facing Washington's efforts to put the squeeze on Pyongyang...
...from each house on the UC. The issues the UC faces this fall encompass the spectrum from academic to social. One issue dear to every Harvard undergrad that the UC will tackle this fall is the Harvard Yale tailgate—an event known for revelry but threatened by harsh alcohol restrictions. Other priorities include curricular reform and student-group financing. —Staff writer Margot E. Edelman can be reached at medelman@fas.harvard.edu...
...point that it is now being treated as a nuclear weapons state. Indeed, President Bush appeared to acknowledge the reality of Pyongyang's new status in his remarks following the test announcement, warning that any attempt by North Korea to share its new toys with others would bring harsh consequences. That, of course, is a prudent position in dealing with a nuclear-armed state. The international community would like every nuclear-armed state to disarm, but barring that, it must try to lock such states into arrangements that prevent nuclear weapons from actually being used, or from being exported...
...notwithstanding John Bolton's smile, there may still be limits to how much unanimity the U.S. can achieve on North Korea. Some of the same calculations that the North Koreans likely made in choosing to test their nuke now may well protect them now from any kind of harsh international response. "They see the international community has its hands full with Iraq and Iran. They recognize they're at the apex of South Korean softness towards the North. The next election in about a year will probably lead to a more conservative South Korean government. They calculate that China...