April 13, 2012

Why North Korea Gets Away with It

Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs

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U.S.-North Korea relations recently enjoyed 16 optimistic days: between February 29, when Pyongyang signed the 'Leap Day' arms control agreement with the United States, and March 16, when it announced plans to conduct the very kind of rocket launch that it had just forsworn.

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