North Korea

And then there were nine. Nine nuclear powers, that is, including North Korea. There will be more.

Four points to make:

First, there will be much hand-wringing here in the United States about what the American president -- Bill Clinton, George W. Bush -- did or did not do to stop the North Koreans from ramping up their nuclear program over the past dozen years or so.

Yes, it is true the Clinton administration did not bargain effectively with the North Koreans. And,… more

While much of the world is fixated on the conflict in the Middle East, there is a whole other drama playing out on the Korean peninsula that is just as crucial to global stability. Last week's U.N. Security Council resolution condemning North Korea's nuclear ambitions has not only ratcheted up tensions in the region, it is forcing South Korea to rethink its "sunshine policy" of peaceful engagement with the North. After eight years of rapprochement with the government of Kim… more