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January 5, 2010
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December 27, 2009
Op-Ed
Korea Times
Carolyn Leddy examines the international community's options for disrupting North Korea's illicit activities.
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December 11, 2009
Interview
Evans Revere, an expert on Northeast Asia, says after U.S. special envoy Stephen Bosworth's recent trip to Pyongyang, North Korea may potentially reopen the door to Six Party Talks, given time.
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December 3, 2009
Must Read
The United States Institute of Peace examines the impact of the recent redenomination of the won on the North Korean people and regime.
November/December 2009
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
By exposing them to the truth about their impoverishment and about the prosperity of their South Korean cousins, the United States can encourage North Koreans to change the regime in Pyongyang.
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October 30, 2009
Must Read
A report from an independent task force convened by the Asia Society Center on U.S.-China Relations and the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation argues in favor of economic engagement with North Korea that could change North Korea's "confrontational foreign policy" and its own "self interest."
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October 26, 2009
Interview
Asia policy expert Michael Green says the Obama administration is taking a cautious approach to any bilateral talks on North Korea's denuclearization, noting Pyongyang's backsliding after the Bush administration adopted a softer tone.
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October 16, 2009
Op-Ed
Los Angeles Times
Kim Jong Il is still in comlpete control of North Korea, writes Paul Stares, making U.S. goals in that state harder to achieve than ever.
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September 11, 2009
Op-Ed
GlobalSecurity.org
Scott A. Snyder advocates the need for more effective regional coordination on contingency planning for North Korean instability.
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September 9, 2009
Academic Module
This module features teaching notes by CFR Senior Fellow and Director of CFR's Center for Preventative Action Paul B. Stares, coauthor of Preparing for Sudden Change in North Korea, along with other resources to supplement the text. This Council Special Report addresses the foreign policy challenge of how the United States and its allies can prepare for the possibility of sudden and destabilizing change in North Korea.
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