North Korea: Back to the Future
Robert Scheer : US Foreign Policy
Now that North Korea has joined the nuclear club, Bush is finally willing to negotiate. Can he try that with Iran?

Robert Scheer : US Foreign Policy
Now that North Korea has joined the nuclear club, Bush is finally willing to negotiate. Can he try that with Iran?
Robert Scheer : Nuclear Arms & Proliferation
Instead of pursuing real diplomacy with North Korea, the Bush Administration chose a my-way-or-the-highway approach. Rather than face up to the mess they made, it's easier to blame Bill Clinton.
As the world grows short of oil, nations in search of a viable energy policy should take a lesson from Cuba, which turned to sustainable agriculture to offset its own oil crisis.
Robert Scheer : US Foreign Policy
If Tricky Dick could tame the grizzled Mao, then certainly Bush could butter up Kim Jong Il with some of that frat boy charm. Who knows, Dearest Leader might even join Bush's shaky "coalition of the willing."
Jonathan Schell : Nuclear Arms & Proliferation
An agreement between the United States and North Korea resolving longstanding differences on nuclear weapons and energy programs at first was cause for celebration. But in fact, no real breakthrough has occurred. There is only the appearance of an agreement.


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