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- US Policy Options for North Korea, Part VII
[Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V | Part VI]
This is the final post in a seven part series of mine looking at U.S. policy options for North Korea.
Discussion:
North Korea is one of the most difficult cases of nuclear proliferation. It is extremely isolated with a history [...]
- US Policy Options for North Korea, Part VI
[Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V]
Here is part 6 of 7 in my discussion of U.S. policy options for a nuclear North Korea
Option 4: Containment and Continued Deterrence
This option implicitly recognizes the fact that America, its allies and the international community have been and will remain unable [...]
- US Policy Options for North Korea, Part I
The following is the first part of a five part series on U.S. policy options towards a nuclear North Korea. It will be organized as follows:
Part I: Background
Part II: Unknowns, Assumptions and U.S. Objectives
Part III: Option 1: Strategic Neglect
Part IV: Option 2: A Regional Nuclear Rebalancing
Part V: Option 3: Comprehensive Negotiations
Part VI: Option 4: Containment [...]
- Sacrilege against Bacon
In January 1832, British diplomat Alexander Burnes set out from India for Afghanistan to make diplomatic overtures towards the Amir of Kabul.
Going native was the watchword for Burnes, who also had skills as a keen Central Asian linguist. He shaved his head and dyed his blonde beard black, wore native dress, and did not [...]
- Strategic communication
The latest Principles of War seminar series featured John Rendon of the Rendon Group who spoke on the topic of strategic communication. This is an issue dear to my heart as a former PR man with a technology bent familiar with the monolithic industrial-age government department system and its lack of timely communication capability.
Rendon hits [...]
- Diplo speak
Hilarious sign at UNHQ, NY. Photo by Blake Hounshell.
- First Georgia, then Mongolia, now Albania
A notable characteristic of George W. Bush’s second term diplomacy has been his focus on small, pro-US nations in strategic regions. First was his trip to Georgia in May 2005, reported here and here. Then was his trip to Mongolia in November 2005, reported here and here. Now is his trip to [...]
