What I Learned in North Korea
I went to North Korea in 1980 as part of the first non-sectarian American delegation to visit since the Korean War. At a time when the American government didn’t allow any North Koreans (except those...
View ArticleUS Threats Have Consequences
The Wall Street Journal broke a really interesting story about the current US-North Korea crisis on April 3rd that surprisingly other media have not yet carried. Reporters Adam Enthuse and Julian E....
View ArticleWe’ll talk, but…..
All too often, facing a conflict crying out for a solution, US diplomats shoot themselves in the foot by offering to talk, but only if the other side agrees in advance to give up its main bargaining...
View Article4 Negotiating Tips for the US
Syria, Korea, Iran, Afghanistan and the Middle East — the US claims it wants to use negotiations to resolve these 5 current, vexing foreign policy challenges.But is it really serious about wanting...
View ArticleMnnnnn…..Wondering, Venting, Facing Frustration
I don’t have any profound subject coming to mind to write about this week. Also, after many decades of having the various media types give us year end lists and year end reviews, I am somewhat...
View ArticleWomen Peace Marchers Cross Minefields between North & South Korea
2015 is the year to celebrate women peacemakers: the 100th anniversary of the International Congress of Women, when over 1000 women came together in the Hague amidst the horrors of World War I to call...
View ArticleTrifecta for Diplomacy!
If ever there was a week that testified to the value of Washington resolving conflicts through negotiations rather than military force, last week was it! Within 4 days the US reaped 3 major benefits...
View ArticleThe Vision
It is said that former Senator Ted Kennedy made the following comment at the funeral of his assassinated brother, presidential nominee Robert Kennedy: Some men see things as they are and say, Why? I...
View ArticleNorth Korea: The Only Workable US Option
“All options on the table for North Korea.” Last week, on the eve of North Korea’s biggest national holiday, this message was heard, with great trepidation around the world, as announcing that Trump...
View ArticleNorth Korea: A Good Pathway Emerging
Good News: This week President Moon of South Korea took a major step to move everyone back from possible military catastrophe on the Korean peninsula — proposing holding direct military and...
View ArticleThe President of the United States has threatened nuclear war against North...
My original plan for this week was to write about the way that we could engage diplomatically with North Korea and get to the place where the very long “armistice” could finally become a peace treaty...
View ArticleDeja Vu…. All Over Again
Yes, Yogi Berra, deja vu all over again. Daily I am reminded of those years with my brother in the back seat of those older model Fords. You know, the ones with bench seats front and back and maybe...
View ArticleOlympics: Pathway to De-escalating Korean Crisis?
Three cheers for the peace-making potential of the Olympics! After a nerve-wracking fall of nuclear threats from both Washington and Pyongyang, North Korea’s president Kim Jung-un took advantage of the...
View ArticleThe Olympic Truce: Defusing the US-North Korea Conflict?
What’s the Olympic Truce? On one level it’s simply athletes joining together from North and South Korea at the Olympic Games. But, on another level, it’s a much-needed door-opener for the US to shift...
View ArticleWhat’s at stake? The Doomsday clock ticks closer to midnight!
Last Thursday afternoon, January 25th while six members of Women Against War were meeting with one of Senator Gillibrand’s regional assistants to ask for (among other things) protection of the Iran...
View ArticleDiplomatic Engagement trials: Moon Jae-in, 9.0, Kim Yo Jong, 8.0, Mike Pence, 0
Not only did the Vice President of the United States act like an undignified boor at the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics. He also acted like a child. Refusing to even acknowledge the presence...
View ArticleCommentary by Christine Ahn: “Here’s What Kim Really Wants Out of His Meeting...
[Here’s an article written by Christine Ahn in Fortune Magazine on March 5th, just after President Trump accepted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s invitation to hold a summit meeting sometime in May,...
View ArticleFour Reasons North Korea Negotiations Are Needed
When Trump responded positively to North Korean President Kim Jong Un’s invitation to meet, a huge sigh of relief washed through the Pentagon, Congress, across North East Asia and in fact around the...
View ArticleGood News on Korea Talks
Lots of good news on Korea talks! This week President Trump revealed he had sent Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo to North Korea to meet with President Kim Jung-Un to prepare for a Trump-Kim...
View ArticleSummit with North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un abruptly cancelled by President...
Thursday morning, afternoon, or evening, depending on where in the world you were, the world woke to the news that President Trump had cancelled the just recently established summit with North Korean...
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