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...approach to Israel also pleases us. We reiterated our hope for a peace agreement regarding the conflict over Gaza but established that any compromise must not come at the expense of human rights. Finally, we determined that it was best for the U.S. to end its rubber-stamp approval of all of Israel’s policies and for the two nations to scale down their alliance...
...South Korean capital, Seoul, the message read: "The fundamental task for ensuring peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in the rest of Asia is to put an end to the hostile relationship between [North Korea] and the U.S.A." (See pictures of North Korea's rubber-stamp elections...
...agenda is the nuclear program, and Bosworth has made it clear he's not going to allow the North to sprinkle a bunch of diplomatic fairy dust around to divert attention," says a source in East Asia. "These guys are very focused now." (See pictures of North Korea's rubber-stamp elections...
...lavish as South Koreans," says Cheong. "They have big refrigerators, color televisions, DVD players." In a socialist utopia like North Korea, such economic divides are unacceptable; the currency change would reduce inequality by making a broad swath of the North Korean population poorer. (See pictures of North Korea's rubber-stamp elections...
...China's Future David Shambaugh paints a rosy picture as the People's Republic of China turns 60 [Sept. 28]. Let's not forget that China is a communist dictatorship with a one-party system (hence no meaningful opposition), a rubber-stamp congress and a judiciary under the control of the Party. Human rights are routinely trampled on, even though they are written into the constitution; dissidents are jailed for long periods of time. The Chinese government did not hesitate to send tanks against its own people in 1989, and we have seen what the government can do against...