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[David Ignatius] Should Kim get credit for Korean detente?

President Trump deserves credit for seizing the moment for negotiations with North Korea. But some little-noticed documents reveal that Kim Jong-un has been planning his denuclearization offer and op...

May 7, 2018
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[Trudy Rubin] Generation Putin: Young Russians, who have never known life without him, imagine their future

One sign of how long Vladimir Putin has held power is that Russians in their late teens (or even early 20s) have known no other political leader. As the Russian president begins his fourth term Mon...

May 7, 2018
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[Ivo H. Daalder] Four things to remember about the North Korea talks

It’s been a historic week on the Korean Peninsula. The North-South summit between Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in was nothing short of extraordinary. Pictures and videos allowed us to watch history unfol...

May 7, 2018
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[Kim Seong-kon] Three cheers for The Korea Herald!

Sincere praise and congratulations are due to The Korea Herald, which is currently celebrating its print-run of 20,000 copies. The internationally-famed English language newspaper is an undisputed wi...

May 7, 2018
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[Bruce Klingner] Unlikely peace on Korean Penunsula

The summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was historic, impressive and inspiring. The pageantry and pledges -- in the form of the Panmunjeom Declaratio...

May 4, 2018
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[Adam Minter] How Mickey Mouse conquered China

Two years ago, Wang Jianlin, once China’s richest man, referred to his network of theme parks as a “wolf pack” that would chase Walt Disney and its Shanghai Disneyland from China. Last week, Shanghai...

May 4, 2018
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[David Ignatius] US should leverage Iran‘s nuclear secrets for a better deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed a treasure trove of secrets on Monday about Iran’s hidden nuclear activities. But it would be a waste of this extraordinary intelligence to use it a...

May 3, 2018
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[Choi Yearn-hong] ‘South Korea, US troops, and Korea’s future’

The presence of the US troops in South Korea is sure to be a crucial issue in the upcoming high-level meetings: the South Korea-US summit and North Korea-US summit. Changing the cease-fire agreement ...

May 3, 2018
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[Beatrice Fihn] Weapons of male destruction

As an advocate for the abolition of nuclear weapons, I don’t have the luxury of mincing words. There are an estimated 15,000 nuclear warheads scattered around the world, and eliminating them means sp...

May 3, 2018
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[Max Brooks] Are we really ready for a cyberattack?

Last month, the US and UK governments released a joint “Technical Alert” on the dangers of “Russian state-sponsored cyber actors.” While timely and targeted, this alert shouldn’t be a surprise to any...

May 3, 2018
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[Andrew Sheng] Order or disorder under heaven

At a time when the world is wondering how to make sense of sharp swings in foreign policy, the two Koreas’ historic rapprochement must mean a great sense of relief for anyone who cares about peace. ...

May 2, 2018
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[Vigjilenca Abazi and Alberto Alemanno] How EU can help protect whistleblowers

The public may cheer a whistleblower, but it’s not easy to be one. While they expose fraud and abuse that otherwise would remain veiled, whistleblowers in Europe often face retaliation by their emplo...

May 2, 2018
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[Chicago Tribune] A peaceful day in Korea. Give Trump some credit.

In a stunning diplomatic development, the leaders of North and South Korea met Friday at the Demilitarized Zone that divides the warring countries. They smiled, shook hands on both sides of the borde...

May 2, 2018
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[Trudy Rubin] Can Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny use social media to combat Putin’s presidency-for-life?

The flowers are constantly replenished on the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky bridge near the Kremlin’s walls, at the spot where liberal opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down in February 2015. A volun...

May 2, 2018
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[Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry] Macron’s new Iran deal deserves a chance

French President Emmanuel Macron wants to rescue the Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. His office made a joint announcement with the office of Iranian Presi...

May 2, 2018
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