North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) reacts as he watches a long-range rocket launch in North Korea, February 7, 2016. REUTERS/Kyodo
Andrei Lankov, Al Jazeera: Now North Korea has nothing to lose
New UN resolution doesn't make the Korean Peninsula more secure and does not remove the nuclear threat.
Last Monday the North Korean government told the world that we should ready ourselves for a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula. According to the official statement, North Korean armed forces "have a military operation plan of our style to liberate south Korea and strike the US mainland".
Usually, news editors love such statements from Pyongyang - they make for catchy headlines, after all - while North Korea watchers meet this bellicosity with indifference. Such statements are made a little too regularly.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 11, 2016
North Korea is a nuclear power. Here’s why the world just has to live with it. -- Bennett Ramberg, Reuters
Will there be peace in Yemen? -- Bruce Riedel, Bruce Riedel, Al-Monitor
The people return to the streets against Assad -- Guardian editorial
We are witnessing the decline of Saudi Arabia as a major power -- Vijay Prashad, Salon/Alertnet
If reconciliation fails in Afghanistam, what's plan B? -- Michael Kugelman, War On The Rocks
Meet Myanmar’s new puppet president -- Patrick Winn, Global Post
Boko Haram and Mass Starvation -- New York Times editorial
How Russia Saw the ‘Red Line’ Crisis -- Julia Ioffe, The Atlantic
Russia Uses More Tools Than Just its Military to Influence, Threaten Neighbors -- John Grady, USNI News
Obama, Cameron and the Libya blame game -- Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
How did Obama and Cameron fall out? -- Nick Bryant, BBC
Obama's criticism of Cameron reveals president's own weaknesses -- Simon Tisdall, The Gaurdian
How Iraq Warped Obama’s Worldview -- Shadi Hamid, The Atlantic
Obama is right: Washington's obsession with "credibility" is wrongheaded and dangerous -- Zack Beauchamp, VOX
Recovering from the Obama Doctrine -- Alexander Benard, National Interest
Globalization's Broken Promise -- Hilton Root and Hong Zhang, US News and World Report
1 comment:
Add one sunken midget submarine to the happy mix /
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/03/11/north-korea-lost-submarine-defense-officials-say.html?intcmp=hpbt1
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