...Charles Armstrong North and South Korea's leaders are both scions of ruling families with a history of mutual hostility. Still, there is cause to hope that the South's Park Geun-hye will try what is long overdue: clear-headed, sustained engagement with the North. © 2013 Current History. All...

...Stephen W. Smith Long gone … is the inbred elite connivance between Paris and the francophone capitals in Africa. Stephen Smith France Africa Mali Francois Hollande Charles de Gaulle Ivory Coast Houphouët-Boigny postcolonialism intervention © 2013 Current History. All rights...

...Charles Kenny The international community has hailed impressive strides toward the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals, but Africa lags because of a late start, despite its more recent successes. Will the next set of goals avoid arbitrary and unrealistic targets? © 2013 Current History...

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...Charles K. Armstrong It has become apparent that a policy of isolation, sanctions, lack of dialogue, and ‘strategic patience’ has not worked to weaken North Korea or alter its behavior, much less bring the regime down. © 2011 Current History. All rights reserved. 2011 The Regents...

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