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Real Threats or Just More North Korean Saber Rattling?

February 28th, 2011

By Dan Miller As noted in How About Adding a North Korea Crisis to the Mix? published on February 26th, the DPRK is showing multiple stress points — at least some news of revolts in Arab Lands has become available domestically, food shortages seem to be worsening and there have been limited popular protests. Meanwhile, […]

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Tags: conflict, DPRK, foreign policy, Middle East, military exercises, North Korea
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How About Adding a North Korea Crisis to the Mix?

February 26th, 2011

By Dan Miller Things on the peninsula are getting ever more dire, and we know the President won’t act with any urgency. With much of the rest of the world — Egypt, Iran, Libya, and others — in escalating turmoil and with other potential hot spots getting hotter, events on the Korean peninsula may well […]

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Tags: conflict, DPRK, foreign policy, incompetence, Middle East, North Korea
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What Does Korea’s Chaos Portend for the United States?

December 18th, 2010

By Dan Miller How volatile will the North be during its transfer of power? Recent Events: On March 26 North Korea sank the South Korean naval vessel Cheonan southwest of the island of Baeknyeong-do just south of the contested sea border with North Korea. It resulted in the loss of forty-six lives. North Korea denied all […]

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Tags: ally, attacks, China, conflict, Japan, Korea, North, nuclear, South, U.S.
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Is the Anger in American Politics Good or Bad?

May 28th, 2010

By Dr. Jim Taylor As I have written about several times (here and here and here), the blogosphere and, more generally, the “politicosphere” has gotten pretty darned ugly these days. Gone are the days of passionate though reasoned discourse and respectful disagreement. Where the focus was on the common good, practical solutions, and where differences […]

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Tags: ad hominem, anger, blogosphere, conflict, political culture
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