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Is Winter Coming in Korea?

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North Korea's increasingly frequent weapons tests, the installation of a US missile-defense system in South Korea, and the ouster of South Korean President Park Geun-hye have made the Korean Peninsula more unstable than at any time since the Korean War. Can a dangerous downward spiral be averted?

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  1. Will Nuclear History Repeat Itself in Korea?
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    Will Nuclear History Repeat Itself in Korea?

    Apr 4, 2017 Michael Mandelbaum shows why China holds the key to avoiding four bad options on the peninsula.

  2. Storm Clouds Over Korea
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    Storm Clouds Over Korea

    Apr 4, 2017 Joschka Fischer points out that, rhetoric aside, diplomacy is the only option for resolving the North Korea crisis.

  3. The Sino-Korean Trade War Must End
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    The Sino-Korean Trade War Must End

    Mar 22, 2017 Lee Jong-Wha argues that China has been focusing its economic pressure on the wrong Korea.

  4. Out of Time in North Korea
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    Out of Time in North Korea

    Mar 17, 2017 Richard Haass outlines strategic options for heading off – or at least managing – a major regional crisis.

  5. Soul Searching in South Korea
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    Soul Searching in South Korea

    Mar 16, 2017 Yoon Young-kwan describes the myriad domestic and external challenges awaiting Park Geun-hye's successor.

  6. China’s Road to Peace on the Korean Peninsula
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    China’s Road to Peace on the Korean Peninsula

    Mar 13, 2017 Minghao Zhao proposes steps to defuse regional tensions in the wake of North Korea's latest missile tests.

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    A Big Defeat for Big Tech

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Tech companies know that if there is an open, democratic debate about data security, consumers’ concerns about digital safeguards will win out. And while the industry's lobbyists tried to ensure that no such debate could ever occur, one of their more cynical moves has now been exposed and thwarted.

    details how the industry tried to slip extraordinary protections against regulation into US trade agreements.
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    Haiti’s Proud Boys

    Slavoj Žižek

    If we measure a failed state by the cracks in the edifice of its power, reflected in brewing ideological civil wars, deadlocked assemblies, and increasingly insecure public spaces, we must recognize that the United States is not so unlike Haiti. Both have given rise to violent gangs with political ambitions.

    warns that rich Western democracies are not immune to politically motivated gang violence.
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    Unity Is Europe’s Greatest Asset

    Connie Hedegaard emphasizes the importance of stability amid persistent economic and geopolitical crises.
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    The Truth About US Immigration

    Nancy Qian warns that overheated campaign-season rhetoric is dangerously polarizing and ultimately self-defeating.
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    The Zombification of Political Parties

    Jan-Werner Mueller argues that Donald Trump’s capture of the GOP’s organizational machinery recalls authoritarian tactics elsewhere.
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    The Economic Consequences of Legal Behavior

    Kaushik Basu highlights the potential benefits of emphasizing adherence to the spirit of laws, if not their letter.
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    For Nigeria’s Schools, Safety Must Come First

    Gordon Brown writes that the latest mass abduction of students underscores the dilemma facing parents throughout the country.
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    Give Women with Disabilities a Chance

    Nkechi S. Owoo explains what is needed to protect and empower one of the world’s most vulnerable demographic groups.
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    How Capitalism Became a Threat to Democracy

    Mordecai Kurz examines the economic policies and market dynamics that have ushered in America's Second Gilded Age.

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