ndestine programs—as if the US nuclear arsenal poses the same danger to international peace and security as do the nuclear arsenals of the regimes of Kim Jong-il or the [ranian clerics. The goal of zero nuclear weapons, often referred to by its sponsors as a “moral imperative,” inevitably delegitimizes and un

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always preferable to hard ones, even if the process takes some time. A moral argument can be made that monsters like Muammar el-Qaddafi in Libya and Kim Jong-il in North Korea should be overthrown any way they can, as fast as we can, regardless of the risk of short-term chaos. But that reasoning quickly loses

r. Kokintz decides to keep that fact to himself considering that the pretense still furthers the cause of world peace. I am not sure if 28 year old Kim Jong-il, Supreme Leader of North Korea has ever read the book or saw the movie, but this past week when he threaten a pre-emptive nuclear strike on the Unit

self-obsessed Omar Bongo, who had spent the previous 41 years running oil-rich Gabon as his personal estate. In the last year, North Korean enigma Kim Jong Il and Ethiopian strongman Meles Zenawi both died unexpectedly. The two had 38 years of leadership experience between them. More Refugees, Fewer Migr

losion for a long time (e.g., "No way out: North Korea's impending collapse", Kyung-Won Kim, Harvard International Review, March 1996), and now even Kim Jong-Il's eldest son living in exile in China believes it will collapse as well. Unfortunately, North Korea's staying power may be underestimated, and an acci

only casted against Donald Trump and the Republican Party is eerily reminiscent of opposite claims by African potentates and North Korea's dictator Kim Jong-il who sincerely believe that every vote cast in an election is for them. Therefore, I applaud the New York limes for calling out this gross injustice

ture. Since the primary outlines of the agreement were actually negotiated during U.S.-DPRK bilateral talks held in July and October 2011 prior to Kim Jong-il's death, the agreement itself provides limited insight into how North Korea's new leadership makes decisions aside from reinforcing the North Korean

lways preferable to hard ones, even if the process takes some time. A moral argument can be made that monsters like Muammar el-Qaddafi in Libya and Kim Jong-il in North Korea should be overthrown any way they can, as fast as we can, regardless of the risk of short-term chaos. But that reasoning quickly lo

uals pale in comparison with the most unambiguously radical evildoers of the 20-21* century — the dictators Idi Amin, Francisco Franco, Adolf Hitler, Kim Jong-il, Slobodan Milosevic, Pol Pot, Josef Stalin, Charles Taylor, and Mao Zedong. These men were responsible for the brutal deaths of approximately 80 mill