
Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009
North Korea says it wants to deal, but even the Chinese are no longer confident that the nuclear crisis can be resolved diplomatically. Does any basis remain for engagement? Yes, reply the contributors to "Engagement With North Korea."
Clear-eyed analysis of 'Harm' done by Balkan war
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Even as they criticized the George W. Bush administration for invading Iraq, leading liberals defended Clinton administration war-making in the Balkans. Sharply challenging this positive assessment is David Gibbs of the University of Arizona.
Defending the dollar and market globalization
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
The era of laissez-faire capitalism is over, it is said, as if the era of laissez-faire capitalism ever really began. Still, globalization has helped open markets around the world.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
With the economy in apparent freefall, human needs, including homelessness, have grown. Our starting point should be moral, not political.
China, South Korea changing rapidly
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
In "China's Rise and the Two Koreas," Scott Snyder argues increased ties between China and the Republic of Korea have had only limited impact on Seoul's security relationship with Washington.
Rebutting case for politicized medicine
Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009
American health care is an inefficient hybrid of public and private, costing more than it should for the care provided. The problem is too much, not too little, government intervention.
Friday, Jan. 9, 2009
The United States once based alliances on national interest. No longer. Unable to convince its NATO partners to bring Georgia into the alliance, Washington plans to sign an agreement with Tbilisi establishing a "strategic partnership." For what, one wonders?
Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008
Every time it seems the so-called Democratic People's Republic of Korea is about to join the "world community," the regime in Pyongyang reminds us of its criminal nature. A North Korean soldier not long ago shot and killed a South Korean tourist. Pyongyang naturally stonewalled Seoul's call for an investigation.