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...same time all four countries expect Washington to assuage North Korean concerns, particularly through offering Pyongyang security guarantees - in other words, to get a deal on nuclear weapons, the Bush Administration will have to swear an oath to refrain from pursuing the overthrow of the regime of Kim Jong Il. But guaranteeing the security of a charter member of President Bush's "Axis of Evil" sticks in the craw of many in the Administration...
...Bolton case illustrates the schizophrenia of U.S. policy towards North Korea. Ever since it first assumed office, the Bush administration has been divided over how to deal with the regime of Kim Jong Il. In February 2001 Secretary of State Colin Powell told Congress that the new administration would continue the dialogue with Pyongyang begun by the Clinton team, but was quickly rebuked by President Bush's skepticism that North Korea could be trusted to keep its agreements. North Korea justified that skepticism late the following year by admitting that it had been pursuing a clandestine nuclear weapons program...
...question of what exactly the U.S. will offer North Korea is not yet settled in Washington. Hawks are reluctant to see the U.S. promise to leave Kim's regime intact, and are able to point to North Korea's systematic violation of its previous agreement to refrain from going nuclear to question the validity of pursuing a new deal. They also suspect North Korea will use a protracted negotiation process to buy time to complete its nuclear program...
...Gish Jen: Racial Profiling August 18-25, 2003 Issue Past Issues Cool Japan August 11, 2003 Gloria Arroyo August 4, 2003 ----------------- Women in China July 28, 2003 ----------------- Asian Longevity July 21, 2003 ----------------- Hong Kong July 14, 2003 ----------------- Southeast Asia July 7, 2003 ----------------- Kim Jong Il June...
...Gish Jen: Racial Profiling August 18-25, 2003 Issue Past Issues Cool Japan August 11, 2003 Gloria Arroyo August 4, 2003 ----------------- Women in China July 28, 2003 ----------------- Asian Longevity July 21, 2003 ----------------- Hong Kong July 14, 2003 ----------------- Southeast Asia July 7, 2003 ----------------- Kim Jong Il June...