Rolling Blunder

democraticunderground.com, Washington Monthly by Fred Kaplan | Oct. 10, 2006 (Special Report)

How the Bush administration let North Korea get nukes.

The pattern of decision making that led to this debacle--as described to me in recent interviews with key former administration officials who participated in the events--will sound familiar to anyone who has watched Bush and his cabinet in action. It is a pattern of wishful thinking, blinding moral outrage, willful ignorance of foreign cultures, a naive faith in American triumphalism, a contempt for the messy compromises of diplomacy, and a knee-jerk ... Full Story »

"Rolling Blunder" by Fred Kaplan

Washington Monthly, democraticunderground.com | May. 27, 2009

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China, Russia Join World in Condemning North Korea's Nuclear Test

Washington Post by Blaine Harden | May. 26, 2009 (News Report)

North Korea's detonation of a nuclear device Monday appears not to have been a significant technical advance over its first underground test three years ago. But it has ...

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Korean Blast Draws Outrage - WSJ.com

Wall Street Journal by Evan Ramstad, Jay Solomon, Peter Spiegel | May. 26, 2009 (News Report)

Nations around the world voiced alarm and frustration about what could be done to rein in the growing security threat from North Korea after the isolated regime set off what ...

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World powerless to stop North Korea

Asia Times by Santaro Rey | May. 26, 2009 (News Analysis)

North Korea's decision to carry out its second nuclear test on Monday could have far-reaching consequences, if South Korea and Japan conclude that nothing can be done to ...

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Crisis Guide: The Korean Peninsula

Council on Foreign Relations | May. 26, 2009 (Special Report)

(Interactive) The Korean crisis has drawn the region into ongoing multilateral discussions—Six-Party Talks—and tensions over how to handle the Kim Jong-Il regime. In 2003, the nations ...

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North Korea, the Next Iraq?

Atlantic Monthly by Robert D. Kaplan | May. 28, 2009 (Opinion)

If he doesn’t hit North Korea hard with sanctions, he risks demonstrating to Iran that America is a pushover. Indeed, Obama’s Iran policy – which requires the stick of ...

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What can the US do about North Korea?

Christian Science Monitor by Peter Grier | May. 26, 2009 (News Analysis)

For the White House, the problem now could be figuring out precisely how the explosion changes the nature of the threat from North Korea's secretive regime – and what, if ...

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Latest North Korea Provocations Stem from Missed US Opportunities for Demilitarization

Democracy Now by Bruce Cumings | May. 29, 2009 (News Analysis)

(Video) There’s an article in the New York Times where someone in the Pentagon—I think it was Rumsfeld, but it was anonymous—was quoted saying, “If I’m Kim Jong-il, I’m ...

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North Korea: How to Deal With Dictator Kim Jong-il

Wall Street Journal by Robert Joseph | Jun. 6, 2009 (Opinion)

Holding out the prospect of “further isolating” Pyongyang and calling for a return to the diplomatic table must be music to the ears of the ailing Dear Leader who wants ...

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by Dwight Rousu - Jun. 8, 2009

This piece recounts the history of recent relationships with North Korea. It informs discussion of the current crisis. It gives some shape and logic to the North Korean responses. It was published in May 2004 in the Washington Monthly.

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