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COMMENTARY

Mar 17, 2003

Pyongyang is playing for the long term

By Brad Glosserman

HONOLULU -- Throughout the unfolding "noncrisis" on the Korean Peninsula, Pyongyang has stayed a step ahead of the rest of the world and appears to be dictating the pace of events. Avoiding a real crisis requires figuring out what North Korea wants and then devising a solution that meets those needs,...

COMMENTARY

Mar 17, 2003

U.N. still a valuable forum

By Hugh Cortazzi

LONDON -- Can the United Nations continue to be a credible force for world peace?

COMMENTARY

Mar 17, 2003

China shows little worry of U.S. squeeze

By Frank Ching

HONG KONG -- One figure that emerged from the current session of the National People's Congress in Beijing has intrigued China-watchers -- the 9.6 percent scheduled growth in defense spending this year, far less than the 17.6 percent increase of last year.

COMMENTARY

Mar 17, 2003

Politicians fail to fill predecessors' shoes

By Kenzo Uchida

With tension building over Iraq as the United States steps up military preparations, North Korea's nuclear saber-rattling threatens stability in Northeast Asia. War fears are clouding economic prospects worldwide.

COMMENTARY / World

Mar 16, 2003

U.S. risks danger of 'global overstretch'

By Eric Teo Chu Cheow

SINGAPORE -- Although U.S. President George W. Bush appears determined to rid Iraq of President Saddam Hussein, the world is deeply divided. On one hand, Hussein has been ruthless, even with his own people, and may have hidden weapons of mass destruction and sponsored al-Qaeda terrorists. On the other...

EDITORIALS

Mar 16, 2003

Overcoming the water crisis

The world faces serious water shortages, yet the crisis is often overlooked because it seems so mundane. It is an urgent problem that must be tackled just as aggressively as other grave crises that threaten the future of humanity. The World Water Forum, which will meet in Japan for eight days from today,...

COMMENTARY / World

Mar 16, 2003

Post-1945 order may have run its course

By Jonathan Fenby

LONDON -- It is unlikely that the split over whether to go to war with Iraq will do Iraqi President Saddam Hussein much good, as U.S. President George W. Bush appears intent on unleashing hostilities however widespread the opposition to conflict. But it will certainly do the new world order which was...

EDITORIALS

Mar 15, 2003

An order of unpalatable patriotism

The United States may or may not be going to war with Iraq this month, but it is already at war with France. In case there was any lingering doubt about that, this week saw two developments that brought the erstwhile allies' mutual hostility out into the open.

COMMENTARY

Mar 15, 2003

What drives the warmongers?

By Gregory Clark

At last count we had been given six different reasons for invading Iraq, some of them false and the rest contradictory. The current favorite -- seeking to change an obnoxious regime -- might carry weight if it was not contrary to international law and if in the past both the United States and Britain...

COMMENTARY

Mar 15, 2003

U.S., ROK narrow the gap

By Ralph Cossa

HONOLULU -- Debates are raging among the security policy communities in the U.S. and South Korea over North Korean motives and intentions and how best to deal with Pyongyang. There seems to be only one point upon which all agree: no solution to the current standoff is practical unless Washington and...

COMMENTARY / World

Mar 15, 2003

Panama's combat lessons apply to Iraq

By James Reed and Michael O'Hanlon

WASHINGTON -- Unless Iraq's military capitulates quickly, the most difficult phase of a war to overthrow President Saddam Hussein will likely be the battle for Baghdad. American military triumphs since 1990 have taken place in the open desert of Arabia, the airspace over the Balkans and the barren plains...

COMMENTARY / World

Mar 14, 2003

Deprived, ignored and scorned, North Korea driven into a corner

By David Wall

CAMBRIDGE, England -- For several years now North Korea has been carrying out a process of economic reform and opening up. Sound familiar? That is what the Chinese did 25 years ago when they, too, realized that their economic system was out-of-date and unable to meet the aspirations of its people.

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