North Korea

The 'Rogue Nation' Contest

Alexander Cockburn : Foreign Affairs

Connecting the dots between North Korea and the United States.

North Korea Rocket Stirs Hawks

Katrina vanden Heuvel : Nuclear Arms & Proliferation

North Korea's rocket launch has set the hawks circling, threatening Obama's non-proliferation agenda before it's off the ground. Chuck Hagel is pushing back.

North Korea: Back to the Future

Robert Scheer : US Foreign Policy

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

Just Blame Bill

Robert Scheer : Nuclear Arms & Proliferation

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.

Cuba's Pathbreaking Energy Policies

Nicholas von Hoffman : Oil

As the world grows short of oil, nations in search of a viable energy policy should take a lesson from Cuba, which turned to sustainable agriculture to offset its own oil crisis.

Channeling Nixon

Robert Scheer : US Foreign Policy

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."

Talks Without End

Jonathan Schell : Nuclear Arms & Proliferation

An agreement between the United States and North Korea resolving longstanding differences on nuclear weapons and energy programs at first was cause for celebration. But in fact, no real breakthrough has occurred. There is only the appearance of an agreement.

The North Korean Conundrum

Selig S. Harrison : Nuclear Arms & Proliferation

Letter From Ground Zero

Jonathan Schell : Regime Change

Bush's Bomb

Bruce Cumings : US Foreign Policy

Rising Danger in Korea

Bruce Cumings : Korea