Grand Illusions and North Korea, part 1
People, left to themselves, don’t seem to care about people on the other side of the planet. They seem to
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This land was made for you and me
Like most American kids of my generation, I learned This Land Is Your Land as a children’s song, never thinking
Read MoreHundreds of millions of counterfeit hundred dollar bills, part 1
I remember reading this 2006 New York Times article, “No Ordinary Counterfeit” when it first printed, about so-called supernotes, counterfeit
Read MoreHundreds of millions of counterfeit hundred dollar bills, part 2
Following up yesterday’s post on the New York Times’s article on counterfeit hundred dollar bills and evidence pointing to the
Read MoreHundreds of millions of counterfeit hundred dollar bills, part 3
At the end of my first post on this topic I speculated on the motivations of counterfeiters. The Vanity Fair
Read MoreA kink in the armor: The Wall Street Journal on luxuries entering North Korea
In my series on North Korean strategy I wrote that I saw small-scale trade as one source of effective change.
Read MoreUnderstanding North Korea featured on Amazon
I’m very pleased Amazon featured Understanding North Korea: Demystifying the World’s Most Misunderstood Country in the sidebar over the weekend.
Read MoreThe Bulletin of Atomic Scientists on North Korea’s nuclear power development
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists published a story today on North Korea’s development of nuclear power. The story, North Korea
Read MoreCelebrations on a North Korea scale
When North Korea holds an event, they do it on scales few others match, though they are announcing only their
Read MoreLeadership opportunities in North Korea for U.S. Presidents
Watch these videos of John Kennedy and Ronald Reagan speaking against the Berlin Wall — an authoritarian symbol blocking freedom
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