North Korea test-fired a series of ballistic missiles and carried out a nuclear test in 2006. If the policy goal of the Bush administration was to prevent the proliferation of ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons, it has failed.
The current situation not only represents a failure in U.S. foreign policy but derives from a problem inherent in the structure of the world.
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