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In October 2006, Kim Jong-il’s North Korea again seized international attention. With its claimed underground nuclear test, Pyongyang upped the ante in its confrontation with the United States and the…
For understandable reasons, the international community has been focused on North Korea's nuclear program, concerned that Pyongyang could have a weapon capable of such massive destruction. But should they also…
Last week, we looked at the details of the new US and UN sanctions against North Korea, delving into the new measures to get at Pyongyang's funding. But will they…
On February 18, President Barack Obama signed into law a new round of sanctions designed to further squeeze the North Korean regime. On March 3, the United Nations Security Council…
In the decades following the Korean War, North Korea initiated a top-secret project to kidnap ordinary people from Japan, reeducate them, and turn them into international spies for the regime.…
By Troy Stangarone For Greeks and European officials alike, the last five years must have seemed like the Greek myth of Sisyphus who was condemned to roll an immense bolder up a hill only to have it roll down and have to start over again for all eternity. In 2010 as the euro crisis began…
By Mark Tokola On June 17th, the Institute for Economics and Peace released its 2015 edition of the “Global Peace Index.” This annual publication began in 2008, which makes it useful for tracking both global trends and individual country’s performances. The headlines of the 2015 report are: (1) the averaged level of violence across the…
By Mark Tokola Ceremonies are being held in the UK to mark the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta. On June 15, 1215, in Runnymede, England, King John and a group of rebel barons agreed to a contract, drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury , that placed limits on the King’s power. Historians will point…
This is the second in a three part series looking at the ongoing trade debate in the United States and its impact on Korea. Part one can be found here and part three here. By Phil Eskeland Last month, the U.S. Senate experienced the ups and downs of passing Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the President. Initially,…
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