Asia
April 2003
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April Article Abstracts
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Title: North Korea: The Sequel
Author: Bruce Cumings
The current crisis with North Korea "has the same solution as the original [in 1994]: get North Korea's nuclear program mothballed and its medium- and long-range missiles decommissioned by buying them out at a set price. That price is American recognition of North Korea, written promises not to target the North with nuclear weapons, and indirect compensation in the form of aid and investment."
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Title: The Nuclear Crisis on the Korean Peninsula: Avoiding the Road to Perdition
Author: The Task Force on U.S. Korea Policy
"Confrontational United States policies toward North Korea, adopted unilaterally, would not only exacerbate the nuclear crisis but also undermine United States relations with Northeast Asia as a whole. . . . The United States would end up with the worst of both worlds: a nuclear-capable North Korea and severely strained relations with key powers important to United States interests globally as well as regionally. Conversely, by pursuing constructive engagement in concert with its friends and allies in the region, the United States would maximize the pressure on North Korea for an acceptable nuclear settlement and promote the long-term United States objective of liberalizing the North Korean system."
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Title: Asia's Nuclear Dominos?
Author: Jon B. Wolfsthal
"Nuclear proliferation is neither out of control nor inevitable. The tools required to reduce the demand for nuclear weapons exist and remain effective if they are used constructively by the United States and other concerned countries. But if these tools are left unused, . . . [the] dominos could start toppling."
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Title: India's Economic Liberalization: A Progress Report
Author: Shalendra D. Sharma
"Renewing the momentum of reform, and thereby broadening and reviving growth, is essential if India is to achieve its economic goal of breaking out of the third world."
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Title: East Asia's Slow Recovery from Financial Crisis
Author: Jean-Marc F. Blanchard
"Given East Asia's positive economic attributes, it is easy to conclude that the region's long-term economic future will be bright. . . . Unfortunately, the capacity and political will to implement the right choices may be lacking."
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Title: Book Reviews: On Asia
Reviewer: Susan I. Finkelstein
Roots of Violence in Indonesia: Contemporary Violence in Historical Perspective
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Title: Book Reviews: On Asia
Reviewer: Susan I. Finkelstein
Central Asia: A Gathering Storm
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Title: The Month in Review
An international chronology of events in February, country by country, day by day.
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Title: Asia
A map of Asis.
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