Any American who watches Korea in Washington will watch closely how it will unfold. |
As time goes on, I am expecting, I am waiting for North Korea to act in a provocative manner, to lash out verbally, potentially even with a missile or even a nuclear test. Especially as Washington continues to try to squeeze them, and they are going to look for a way to get the world's attention by saying or doing something that is provocative. |
China currently holds the biggest potential carrot and stick with the North. |
Even though the crackdown on North Korea's illicit banking activities in Macau demonstrated that China is not completely immune to outside pressures to rein in bad behavior, Beijing is unlikely to shut down the North's remaining banking activities. |
For now, perhaps the only goal all parties can agree on is avoiding a crisis, but more meaningful engagement is needed if, in the long run, North Korea is not to loom as a flash point in Sino-U.S. relations. |
Given the limited policy options they have, they don't have much of an alternative to talking. |
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I think it's a nonstarter. It's not even a deal-breaker, |
I think most of the world can live with that India is held to a double standard with North Korea. |
I think the visit will ultimately help them bring North Korea back to the table, but I'm not sure Pyongyang is serious about negotiating. |
I told him that if he wins, he'll still need to finish his homework... I'd hate to have to suspend a city official. |
It looks like Tehran has taken a page out of Pyongyang's brinkmanship playbook. |
It shows at least on the surface that the North would like to embrace China's reforms. |
It sounds cliched but we live in a tough world at the moment and to jump away for two hours and look at some lovely costumes, hear a great band play with some great singers, to watch two people connect on the floor is a nice way to forget about all this other stuff. |
It's getting darker by the day. We are slowly moving towards a showdown with North Korea. |