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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 23, 2018
Two contradictory proverbs
Few people in Japan are optimistic about the outcome of the Korean talks.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 23, 2018
Trump isn't Nixon, North Korea isn't China
The key difference from Beijing in 1972: After any summit, North Korea will remain a weak client state.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 9, 2018
Why Pyongyang wants a deal with Washington
Can Vietnam serve as an inspiring example for Kim Jong Un, or is it Belarus?
EDITORIALS
Mar 28, 2018
What Kim's China visit means for Japan
While engagement is to be applauded, we must remain clear-eyed about Pyongyang's intentions.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 14, 2018
Could the Kim-Trump summit succeed?
The Kim-Trump summit is an opportunity that will be difficult to seize and easy to squander.
EDITORIALS
Mar 12, 2018
Trump rolls the dice on North Korea
New and creative thinking is needed to end the stalemate and change trajectories on the Korean Peninsula. But this is a very risky gamble.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 12, 2018
Trump-Kim meeting: What role should China play?
The fear of marginalization in Beijing is palpable.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 12, 2018
What critics of North Korea summit get wrong
Diplomacy — the alternative to war — is the messy business of meeting adversaries, not ignoring them.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2017
Why China won't budge on North Korea
What truly frightens the men in charge in Chna is seeing another communist regime go down.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2017
Reagan and the case for tactical nukes in South Korea
U.S. President Donald Trump should take a page from the book of Ronald Reagan, learning from when that president faced a similarly fraught situation at the height of the Cold War.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 17, 2017
What North Korea learned from the Kosovo War
Pyongyang views NATO's willingness to use force in Kosovo just four years after Washington signed the Dayton Agreement with Milosevic in 1995 as proof that U.S. public statements on the use of force should not be taken at face value.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2017
What Twitter taught me about (nuclear) war with North Korea
Can words alone mitigate the obvious gravity of nuclear holocaust?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 21, 2017
Quieting down the language of war
Cool heads and clarity need to prevail to prevent an escalation in the North Korea crisis.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 17, 2017
China and the North Korean nuclear challenge
Japan and South Korea have managed to live for years with the reality of vulnerability to North Korea's nukes. There is no reason why the U.S. cannot learn to do the same.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 15, 2017
Time to dial down tensions on the Korean Peninsula
Despite the heightened tentions on the Korean Peninsula, the window for a political solution through dialogue has not been closed entirely.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 27, 2017
U.S. has no good military options against Kim
How to describe American military options in North Korea? Bad and worse.

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