Author: Robert D. Kaplan
October 2006
The furor over Kim Jong Il's missile tests and nuclear brinksmanship obscures the real threat: the prospect of North Korea's catastrophic collapse. How the regime ends could determine the balance of power in Asia for decades. In this Atlantic Monthly article, Robert Kaplan says the likely winner will be China.
Countering Criminal Violence in Central America
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The US-South Korea Alliance
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