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Can Washington move from Pacific power to Pacific partner?

We're back to Bush-lite.

South Koreans won't be buffaloed by US beef or the Bush Administration's erratic policies.

During the cold war, the driving force was the bilateral arms race; now it's proliferation.

Now that North Korea has joined the nuclear club, Bush is finally willing to negotiate. Can he try that with Iran?

Instead of pursuing real diplomacy with North Korea, the Bush Administration chose a my-way-or-the-highway approach. Rather than face up to the mess they made, it's easier to blame Bill Clinton.

Four new books explore Korea's cold war hangover and the indelible mark
left by its North-South division.

If Tricky Dick could tame the grizzled Mao, then certainly Bush
could butter up Kim Jong Il with some of that frat boy charm. Who
knows, Dearest Leader might even join Bush's shaky "coalition of the willing."

At the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty review
conference, two groups are colliding.

Trying to follow the US policy on the proliferation of nuclear weapons is like watching a three-card monte game on a city street corner. Except the stakes are higher.