Commentary: Backed by Big Powers, Successful Iran Deal Could Rescue NPT

... participant, found acceptable. Relations between the governments of ... defenses and strengthening US conventional forces to ... preventing Iran and also North Korea from developing nuclear arsenals ... perhaps fleeting opportunity, US policymakers need to consider ...

Korean Activists Brave the DMZ for Peace and Disarmament

... Strategy for Liberty in North Korea, a South Korea-based nonprofit, said: ... issues in inter-Korean relations at the moment.” Ahn ... known among North Korea watchers, called her “pro-North Korea” and implied ... served  in South Korea as a US diplomat. The peace ...

Commentary: Is Australia Really as Bad as Islamic State?

... Islamic State (IS), Syria and North Korea. With all this in mind ... . Such a tendency can tempt us towards ugly nationalism or delusions ... IS. Yet our own “public relations” efforts showcase our flaws, not ...

Iran Deal May Vindicate Obama's View That Diplomacy Trumps Force

... secret nuclear weapons program. North Korea did this by capping its ... to Iraq to Yemen. Relations with Russia are at a ... with North Korea about its nuclear program led nowhere. While the US ... yielded plans to normalize diplomatic relations, it has yet to ...

Chinese and Japanese Investment, Defense Deals Mark Power Shift

... s speech because it helps us understand Indonesia better by ... Jakarta. Defense and international relations observer Bantarto Bandoro said former ... relationship with China and even North Korea. Sukarno was known to have ... . The move may give us a glimpse of Joko’s ...

Foreign Minister: N. Korea Has Power to Deter US 'Nuclear Threat'

... ," Ri told the Geneva forum. North Korea fired two short-range missiles ... response to this year's US-South Korean military exercises. Pyongyang ... great change in inter-Korean relations this year," Ri said. Reuters ...

Kim Guides Military Drill Near Sea Border With South Korea

... also used, Yonhap said. North Korea's top newspaper Rodong ... pounce upon the DPRK (North Korea), it added. Pyongyang fired ... US and South Korean military which regularly see North-South relations ... still technically at war. North Korea launched winter drills in ...

Putin Looks to Make Friends Across Asia

... Un to venture out of North Korea. In a region where some ... , Vietnam — two countries with difficult relations with China — and Japan can ... hedge against China. Japan, a US ally that also imposed sanctions ... with those of India, the US, Europe, China and Japan, ...

US Ambassador Says Kim Jong-un Visit to Bandung a Matter for Indonesia

... Conference this April, the US ambassador to Indonesia advised ... center. Teuku Rezasyah, international relations lecturer at Bandung’s ... University (Unpad), slammed the US ambassador’s cautious remarks ... world that the country [North Korea] that has always been ...

US Sanctions Stir Sony-North Korea Diplomatic Storm

North Korea responded with defiance on Sunday to US President Barack Obama’s ... to become intertwined with foreign relations among states and companies. In ... external affairs activity, including media relations, risk management, corporate social responsibility ...