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Foreign PolicyMarch 23, 2017
This Is What’s Really Behind North Korea’s Nuclear Provocations
It’s easy to dismiss Kim Jong-un as a madman. But there’s a long history of US aggression against the North, which we forget at our peril.
Bruce Cumings
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Nuclear Arms and ProliferationJanuary 8, 2016
Did Kim Jong Un Blow Up a Nuclear Weapon for His Birthday?
And what can Washington do about it?
Bruce Cumings
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Foreign PolicyApril 3, 2013
Korean War Games
Pyongyang's bellicose posturing conforms to an old pattern, but the dangers may be greater now because tensions are rising throughout the region.
Bruce Cumings
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Economic PolicyJune 19, 2008
Where’s the Beef?
South Koreans won’t be buffaloed by US beef or the Bush Administration’s erratic policies.
Bruce Cumings
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June 4, 2003
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Foreign PolicyMay 1, 2003
Bush’s Bomb
The latest crisis with North Korea appears to be about the North finally declaring that it has the bomb, but in fact it is about the Bush Administration’s inability to hide or control sharp int
Bruce Cumings
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Foreign PolicyMarch 6, 2003
Rising Danger in Korea
Bruce Cumings’s book Parallax Visions: Making Sense of American-East Asian Relations has recently appeared in paperback (Duke) and contains an extended analysis of the first nuclear crisis with North Korea a decade ago.
Bruce Cumings
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Regions and CountriesNovember 25, 2002
Endgame in Korea
On a sparkling Indian Summer day fifteen years ago, I was waiting in front of the Pyongyang Hotel with a British documentary producer.
Bruce Cumings
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Nuclear Arms and ProliferationOctober 31, 2002
Endgame in Korea
On a sparkling Indian summer day fifteen years ago, I was waiting in front of the Pyongyang Hotel with a British documentary producer.
Bruce Cumings
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Foreign PolicyOctober 10, 2002
Making the World Safe From Evil
Current US foreign policy is the most incoherent it has been in recent memory.
Bruce Cumings