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...tension between Pyongyang, Seoul and Washington increases, Harvard’s only Korean drum troupe, composed of eight undergraduates, will bring a refreshingly apolitical Korean entertainment to Arts First...
Indeed, if we’re any sort of an empire, we are an empire of freedom and democratic idealism. America maintains an unofficial pledge to defend Taiwan from Chinese aggression and keeps 37,000 troops in South Korea, much to the respective dismay of Beijing and Pyongyang. In both cases, our goal is to protect the liberal achievements of those nations. Meanwhile, we remain staunchly close to Israel because it is the lone democratic outpost in a region of dictators and tyrannies. Although this closeness angers many in the Arab world—including those who sell us petroleum?...
...arrogated that right to itself. And yet it may also have made viewers more sophisticated, if less trusting. Jordan has made several trips to North Korea, as he did to Iraq, and says he has not cut deals for access there either. Yet the next time CNN reports from Pyongyang, the audience will be straining to see past the edge of the screen, looking for the man who--metaphorically or not--is holding...
...axis of evil appeared ready to sue for peace last week. Saddam was still having "Is it live or is it Memorex?" moments, but his government was gone from Iraq. North Korea suddenly agreed to the American demand for multilateral talks about ending its nuclear-weapons program (even though Pyongyang promptly announced the program was proceeding). Even proud Iran was making conciliatory noises. The newspapers in Tehran were hot with argument over a proposed public referendum on whether to re-establish diplomatic relations with the Great Satan. The idea was floated by former President Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the cleverest...
...confrontation. The human cost of going to war may too prohibitive in this instance. Instead, the hawks want to isolate North Korea and force its collapse through sanctions. So moribund and dependent is the North Korean economy that sanctions would indeed spark social collapse, which is why Pyongyang has warned it will treat any embargo as a declaration of war. That may be just fine with Washington hawks, but there's no support in the region for sanctions, which makes them a non-starter: The U.S. has hardly any economic leverage over North Korea, while its principal donors such...