Tag: South Korea
Closing Military Bases, Opening a New World
The US has built an empire of military bases around the globe, but the good news is that popular activism can get bases shut down.
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Climate Gains in the West, Exported Pollution in the Rest
Environmental pollution has not disappeared from the advanced West; it has been exported to more vulnerable economies.
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What Next for the Korean Denuclearization?
Achieving denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula will bring peace and stability not only to the Korean Peninsula, but to all Northeast Asia and beyond.
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Congress Finds its War Powers and Weaknesses
While Congress may be moving to the US war in Yemen, it’s also working to ensure the continuance of war and hostilities elsewhere.
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How APEC Can Boost Free Trade in Asia Pacific        Â
Amid trade wars, the outcome of the APEC meeting matters. As globalization is at crossroads, trade in Asia today will shape world trade tomorrow.
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Korea Should Reunify Outside the Empire
The two Korean governments and the Korean people are willing to resolve their differences, but the US government is standing in their way.
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Altruism and Sadism in Public Policy
There are three things that are almost always underestimated: the U.S. military budget, altruism, and sadism.
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Peace Comes to Korea: Let’s Understand Why
The best thing that could happen for peace would be for the US to immediately get its missiles, its military, and its nose out of the Korean peninsula.
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Crisis in the Congo: Where is the International Community?
The international community should make a greater effort to engage with the Congolese pseudo-dictator Joseph Kabila to entice him to step down voluntarily—while doing their upmost to ensure his people do not suffer any additional harm.Â
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Associated Press Associates Itself With War
Associated Press propaganda about the situation with North Korea leaves writes out all possibilities of a peaceful resolution.
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US Path to War on North Korea Is Well Worn
The US has a long history of deliberately provoking wars, with horrendous human consequences, but this time the stakes might be even higher.
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U.S. Policy Going Nowhere in North Korea
Engaging in cultural exchange and trade with North Korea would be more productive than the US’s existing failed policy.
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Discarding Kaesong: Reviving the Cold War on the Korean Peninsula?
Seoul’s cessation of the Kaesong Industrial Complex has effectively buried its Trustpolitik policy of engagement with North Korea.
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North Korea Rocket Test and Implications
The significance of North Korea’s recent launch of a rocket to send a satellite into orbit: testing its ICBM capability.
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North Korea: A Threat to World Peace?
The US has its share of the blame for creating the volatile situation with North Korea and its nuclear program.
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Let’s Bomb Daesh with Propaganda. Seriously!
Daesh (or ISIS) was built and is sustained by ideologies; therefore ideological attacks will do more to tear them apart than guns or bombs.
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The Coming Civil War in North Korea
The US should engage Pyongyang and encourage its leaders to pursue economic reforms that would improve the lives of its people.
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