Archivo etiqueta «Corea del Norte»
By Hans Blix, chairman of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission and former head of the UN weapons inspection team in Iraq (THE GUARDIAN, 06/04/09):
It happens that desperadoes hold groups of people hostage – for instance in planes or banks. Sometimes the police or military take some quick action or try some ruse to remove the danger. Sometimes they refrain from moving an inch for fear that hostages will be killed or some disastrous explosion set off. They may seek to talk the desperado out of his corner, perhaps offer to fly a plane hijacker to another destination after… Seguir leyendo
By Richard Lloyd Parry, Asia editor of The Times (THE TIMES, 06/04/09):
Twenty years after the demise of the communist Evil Empire, the world has begun to struggle when it comes to credible international supervillains. Robert Mugabe? Horrible, certainly, but also rather pathetic. Vladimir Putin – sinister, perhaps, but hardly foe to all humanity. Even Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran lacks the edge somehow, and it’s been far too long since Osama bin Laden put in an appearance. In the global obnoxiousness rankings there is only one serious contender, leagues ahead of anyone else: the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il.… Seguir leyendo
By B. R. Myers, a researcher of North Korean ideology and propaganda at Dongseo University (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 01/04/09):
Not so long ago, when we wanted to learn why hostile leaders were hostile, we studied their ideologies. Nowadays, having learned that ideology is either dead or an arbitrary system of signs, we analyze leaders by “putting ourselves in their shoes” — in other words, by assuming that everyone thinks the way we do.
So it is that North Korea watchers who speak no Korean can confidently tell the rest of us what motivates Kim Jong-il. His country is poor,… Seguir leyendo
Asia Briefing N° 91 (CRISIS GROUP, 31/03/04):
North Korea says it is preparing to launch an experimental communications satellite using a rocket that is part of its ballistic missile program. This would be in the face of an international outcry, and of what is a strong though not definitive argument that it violates two UN Security Council resolutions. Japan has been most vocally opposed, saying it will shoot down the rocket if it threatens to fall on its territory. But even if the test is successful, it would only slightly increase security risks, while an overblown response would likely jeopardise… Seguir leyendo
By Selig S. Harrison, a former Northeast Asia bureau chief for The Post, author of Korean Endgame and director of the Asia program at the Center for International Policy (THE WASHINGTON POST, 17/02/09):
Will North Korea ever give up its nuclear weapons?
To test its intentions, I submitted a detailed proposal to Foreign Ministry nuclear negotiator Li Gun for a “grand bargain” in advance of a visit to Pyongyang last month. North Korea, I suggested, would surrender to the International Atomic Energy Agency the 68 pounds of plutonium it has already declared in denuclearization negotiations. In return, the United States… Seguir leyendo
By Michael Gerson (THE WASHINGTON POST, 19/12/08):
It is not unprecedented for a diplomat to have starkly different views from the president he serves. After George Washington’s administration negotiated Jay’s Treaty with Britain, the Thomas Jefferson faction in the government went into disloyal revolt. James Monroe — Jefferson’s protege and the American minister to France — urged French officials to disregard all messages from the president and assured them that they were free to retaliate against American shipping.
The most recent example of such vigorous, diplomatic independence would be Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, the architect of America’s North… Seguir leyendo
Por Gracia Abad Quintanal, investigadora invitada, Royal Holloway, Universidad de Londres (REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO, 20/10/08):
Tema: Este ARI trata de la interrupción del desmantelamiento del reactor de Yongbyon por Corea del Norte, los desacuerdos en relación con la verificación y la evolución de la política estadounidense hacia la República Popular Democrática de Corea.
Resumen: A mediados de agosto, Corea del Norte tomó la decisión de interrumpir el desmantelamiento del reactor de Yongbyon en respuesta a la decisión estadounidense de no retirar al país asiático de la lista de Estados que promueven el terrorismo hasta que este último consintiera en un… Seguir leyendo
By Anne Applebaum (THE WASHINGTON POST, 14/10/08):
Step out of the bus, walk across the courtyard, stop in front of the low-built, blue buildings: Here, in the Joint Security Area — a neutral space between North and South Korea, under U.N. jurisdiction since the 1953 armistice — is one of the world’s weirdest scenes. About a hundred yards ahead, North Korean soldiers are watching from a balcony, expressionless: Walk toward them and you’ve defected. Directly behind, equally expressionless South Korean soldiers in sunglasses stand with their arms at their sides, fists curled: If someone walks toward us, they may shoot.… Seguir leyendo
By Victor Cha, director of Asian studies at Georgetown University and a senior fellow at the Pacific Council. He was deputy head of the U.S. delegation for the six-party talks and director of Asian affairs on the National Security Council from 2004 to 2007 (THE WASHINGTON POST, 13/10/08):
Many will criticize the Bush administration’s decision to remove North Korea from the terrorism blacklist last weekend, over the objections of close U.S. ally Japan, as a Hail Mary pass by an administration desperate for good news. Did President Bush, reeling from the U.S. financial meltdown and still struggling to achieve success… Seguir leyendo
By Art Brown, a 25-year veteran of the C.I.A. and the head of the Asia division of the agency’s clandestine service from 2003 to 2005 (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 15/07/08):
China’s announcement on Saturday that negotiators have agreed on a blueprint for verifying North Korea’s nuclear disarmament is being seen as the latest in a string of hopeful signs. For a while, the drumbeat in Washington has been that the so-called six-party talks are going well and the North Korean nuclear program is well on its way to being contained. If only that were true.
In fact, the Kim Jong-il… Seguir leyendo
By Lawrence Korb, assistant secretary of defence under Reagan and a senior fellow at the Centre for American Progress and Sean Duggan, a research associate at the Centre for American Progress (THE GUARDIAN, 09/07/08):
The Bush administration is to be commended for completing a deal with North Korea that persuaded the reclusive regime to disclose details of its nuclear power and nuclear weapons capabilities. But, had George Bush been willing to negotiate six years earlier, the US and its partners would have got a better deal and the world would be more secure.
In the summer of 2002, long before… Seguir leyendo
By Siegfried S. Hecker and William J. Perry. Both are with the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. Hecker was director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1986 through 1997. Perry was secretary of defense from 1994 through 1997 (THE WASHINGTON POST, 13/05/08):
The Bush administration’s North Korea strategy is being criticized from the right and the left for letting Pyongyang off the hook. Some advocate scuttling the six-party talks. Others suggest slowing our own compliance with the agreement to get North Korea to make a full declaration of its nuclear program first. We disagree with… Seguir leyendo
By Winston Lord and Leslie H. Gelb. Winstoln Lord was ambassador to China under President Ronald Reagan and assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific under President Bill Clinton. Leslie H. Gelb was assistant secretary of state for politico-military affairs under President Jimmy Carter and is a board senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (THE WASHINGTON POST, 26/04/08):
The Bush administration gives plausible reasons for a bad nuclear deal with North Korea.
The proposed deal would lift key U.S. legal sanctions against the North while Pyongyang shelves many of the commitments it made in a… Seguir leyendo
Por Ian Buruma, profesor de Derechos Humanos en el Bard College. Su último libro es Asesinato en Amsterdam. La muerte de Theo van Gogh © Project Syndicate, 2008. Traducción: Carlos Manzano (LA VANGUARDIA, 22/03/08):
Corea del Norte es una de las dictaduras más opresivas, cerradas y brutales del mundo. Tal vez sea el último ejemplo vivo de totalitarismo puro: control por el Estado de todos los aspectos de la vida humana. ¿Es semejante país el lugar idóneo para que actúe una orquesta occidental? ¿Puede alguien imaginar a la Filarmónica de Nueva York, que actuó con gran aclamación en Pyongyang, haciéndolo… Seguir leyendo
By Ian Buruma, professor of human rights at Bard College, New York (THE GUARDIAN, 08/03/08):
North Korea is one of the world’s most oppressive and closed dictatorships. It is perhaps the last living example of pure totalitarianism – control of the state over every aspect of human life. Is such a place the right venue for a western orchestra? Can one imagine the New York Philharmonic, which performed to great acclaim in Pyongyang, entertaining Stalin or Hitler?
All totalitarian systems have one thing in common: by crushing all forms of political expression except adulation of the regime, they make everything… Seguir leyendo