North Korean nuclear crisis

For more information, see the Wikipedia article "2006 North Korean nuclear test"

This is a topic, with start date October 3, 2006 and unknown end date.

Its theme(s) are Asia, War.

Summary of positions for this topic

• China should pressure North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions (24 items)
• United States should negotiate with North Korea (31 items)
• South Korea should pressure North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions (4 items)
• Economic sanctions should be placed on North Korea (31 items)
• U.S. should use North Korean refugees issue to pressure China (1 items)

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No stated opinion

Turn North Korea Into a Human Rights Issue by Vaclav Havel, Kjell Magne Bondevik, Elie Wiesel (The New York Times, October 30, 2006) (view)

What Will Stop North Korea by Charles Krauthammer (The Washington Post, October 13, 2006) (view)

Talking With the Monsters by Nicholas D. Kristof (The New York Times, October 10, 2006) (view)

If Kim Jong Il Gets Nukes by Aaron Friedberg (Los Angeles Times, October 6, 2006) (view)

United States should negotiate with North Korea

For

Diplomacy Is Working on North Korea by Condoleezza Rice (The Wall Street Journal, June 26, 2008) (view)

North Korea Redux by The New York Times editorial board (The New York Times, April 25, 2008) (view)

Slowly, but Surely, Pyongyang Is Moving by David Albright, Jacqueline Shire (The Washington Post, January 24, 2008) (view)

Getting to yes with North Korea by The Boston Globe editorial board (The Boston Globe, September 6, 2007) (view)

How Not to Deal with North Korea by Richard J. Bernstein (New York Review of Books, February 1, 2007) (view)

Let Them Eat Carrots by Fareed Zakaria (Newsweek, October 16, 2006) (view)

Why talks with N. Korea eventually must resume by Trudy Rubin (The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 15, 2006) (view)

US must talk to Pyongyang by Michael Costello (The Australian, October 13, 2006) (view)

Solving the Korean Stalemate, One Step at a Time by Jimmy Carter (The New York Times, October 11, 2006) (view)

North Korea Isn't Our Problem by Anatol Lieven, John Hulsman (Los Angeles Times, October 11, 2006) (view)

Dear Leader Brings It On by Robert Scheer (The Huffington Post, October 11, 2006) (view)

The President's Press Conference by Diane Watson (The Huffington Post, October 11, 2006) (view)

North Korea and the Bomb by The New York Times editorial board (The New York Times, October 10, 2006) (view)

In a Test, a Reason to Talk by Selig S. Harrison (The Washington Post, October 10, 2006) (view)

The North Korean test by The Boston Globe editorial board (The Boston Globe, October 10, 2006) (view)

Now test diplomacy by The Seattle Times editorial board (The Seattle Times, October 10, 2006) (view)

North Korea fallout by Joseph Cirincione (Salon.com, October 10, 2006) (view)

North Korea and the Dominoes by The New York Times editorial board (The New York Times, October 6, 2006) (view)

Against

Salvaging Our North Korea Policy by John Bolton (The Wall Street Journal, March 17, 2008) (view)

Democrats blew it on North Korea by Jack Kelly (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 15, 2006) (view)

The price of shillyshallying by Gerard Baker (The Times, October 13, 2006) (view)

When Multilateralism Falls Short by Jonah Goldberg (National Review, October 13, 2006) (view)

North Korea's perennial helpers by Paul Mirengoff (Power Line, October 12, 2006) (view)

Dancing with Kim by Helle Dale (The Washington Times, October 11, 2006) (view)

Kim's Ka-boom by New York Post editorial board (New York Post, October 10, 2006) (view)

North Korea's Nukes by The Wall Street Journal editorial board (The Wall Street Journal, October 10, 2006) (view)

Rogue Realities by National Review editorial board (National Review, October 10, 2006) (view)

A Blast at the Lamont Doctrine by Rich Lowry (National Review, October 10, 2006) (view)

No More Negotiating With North Korea by Jon B. Wolfsthal (Los Angeles Times, October 10, 2006) (view)

It's the Nukes, Stupid by Stanley Kurtz (National Review, October 9, 2006) (view)

He Huffs and He Puffs by Dan Blumenthal (The Weekly Standard, October 9, 2006) (view)

Economic sanctions should be placed on North Korea

For

Salvaging Our North Korea Policy by John Bolton (The Wall Street Journal, March 17, 2008) (view)

Not too Late to Curb Dear Leader by Dan Blumenthal, Aaron Friedberg (The Weekly Standard, February 5, 2007) (view)

North Korea's Pass by The Washington Post editorial board (The Washington Post, December 31, 2006) (view)

South Korea blinks by Los Angeles Times editorial board (Los Angeles Times, November 14 2006) (view)

An Offer Kim Can't Refuse by Aaron Friedberg (The Washington Post, October 16, 2006) (view)

Britain's obligation to blockade North Korea by The Daily Telegraph editorial board (The Daily Telegraph, October 16, 2006) (view)

Dancing with Kim by Helle Dale (The Washington Times, October 11, 2006) (view)

Kim's Ka-boom by New York Post editorial board (New York Post, October 10, 2006) (view)

Kim Jong Il's Challenge to China by Los Angeles Times editorial board (Los Angeles Times, October 10, 2006) (view)

North Korea's Nukes by The Wall Street Journal editorial board (The Wall Street Journal, October 10, 2006) (view)

Nuclear Lessons by Jasper Becker (The Wall Street Journal, October 10, 2006) (view)

Responding to North Korea by The Washington Post editorial board (The Washington Post, October 10, 2006) (view)

The defiant one by The Washington Times editorial board (The Washington Times, October 10, 2006) (view)

Rogue Realities by National Review editorial board (National Review, October 10, 2006) (view)

A Blast at the Lamont Doctrine by Rich Lowry (National Review, October 10, 2006) (view)

Bang by Chicago Tribune editorial board (Chicago Tribune, October 10, 2006) (view)

North Korea goes fission by New York Daily News editorial board (New York Daily News, October 10, 2006) (view)

He Huffs and He Puffs by Dan Blumenthal (The Weekly Standard, October 9, 2006) (view)

North Korea's nuclear test puts onus on China, S. Korea by USA Today editorial board (USA Today, October 9, 2006) (view)

Against

Let Them Eat Carrots by Fareed Zakaria (Newsweek, October 16, 2006) (view)

US must talk to Pyongyang by Michael Costello (The Australian, October 13, 2006) (view)

Only China, not U.S., can rein in N. Korea by Peter Navarro (Chicago Tribune, October 12, 2006) (view)

Solving the Korean Stalemate, One Step at a Time by Jimmy Carter (The New York Times, October 11, 2006) (view)

In Search of a North Korea Policy by William Perry (The Washington Post, October 11, 2006) (view)

Accept North Korea into the nuclear club or bomb it now by Simon Jenkins (The Guardian, October 11, 2006) (view)

No Good Options by Andrei Lankov (The Wall Street Journal, October 10, 2006) (view)

In a Test, a Reason to Talk by Selig S. Harrison (The Washington Post, October 10, 2006) (view)

The North Korean test by The Boston Globe editorial board (The Boston Globe, October 10, 2006) (view)

Mixed

DPRK nuclear danger by Anand Kumar (The Washington Times, October 13, 2006) (view)

Pyongyang's act of irresponsibility by Financial Times editorial board (Financial Times, October 10, 2006) (view)

It's the Nukes, Stupid by Stanley Kurtz (National Review, October 9, 2006) (view)

China should pressure North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions

For

Salvaging Our North Korea Policy by John Bolton (The Wall Street Journal, March 17, 2008) (view)

Not too Late to Curb Dear Leader by Dan Blumenthal, Aaron Friedberg (The Weekly Standard, February 5, 2007) (view)

North Korea's Pass by The Washington Post editorial board (The Washington Post, December 31, 2006) (view)

It's China's Problem by Anne Applebaum (The Washington Post, October 17, 2006) (view)

Nukes and More Nukes by The Washington Post editorial board (The Washington Post, October 15, 2006) (view)

Only China, not U.S., can rein in N. Korea by Peter Navarro (Chicago Tribune, October 12, 2006) (view)

North Korea's perennial helpers by Paul Mirengoff (Power Line, October 12, 2006) (view)

North Korea Isn't Our Problem by Anatol Lieven, John Hulsman (Los Angeles Times, October 11, 2006) (view)

Kim's Ka-boom by New York Post editorial board (New York Post, October 10, 2006) (view)

North Korea and the Bomb by The New York Times editorial board (The New York Times, October 10, 2006) (view)

Pyongyang's act of irresponsibility by Financial Times editorial board (Financial Times, October 10, 2006) (view)

Kim Jong Il's Challenge to China by Los Angeles Times editorial board (Los Angeles Times, October 10, 2006) (view)

North Korea's Nukes by The Wall Street Journal editorial board (The Wall Street Journal, October 10, 2006) (view)

Responding to North Korea by The Washington Post editorial board (The Washington Post, October 10, 2006) (view)

The defiant one by The Washington Times editorial board (The Washington Times, October 10, 2006) (view)

Rogue Realities by National Review editorial board (National Review, October 10, 2006) (view)

Bang by Chicago Tribune editorial board (Chicago Tribune, October 10, 2006) (view)

Chinese must pluck Kim from nuke perch by Ted Galen Carpenter (New York Daily News, October 10, 2006) (view)

China must rein in North Korea by The Daily Telegraph editorial board (The Daily Telegraph, October 10, 2006) (view)

China must help pressure N. Korea to abandon nukes by Chicago Sun-Times editorial board (Chicago Sun-Times, October 10, 2006) (view)

North Korea's nuclear test puts onus on China, S. Korea by USA Today editorial board (USA Today, October 9, 2006) (view)

North Korea and the Dominoes by The New York Times editorial board (The New York Times, October 6, 2006) (view)

Coping with Mr Kim by The Times editorial board (The Times, October 05, 2006) (view)

Answering North Korea by The Washington Post editorial board (The Washington Post, October 5, 2006) (view)

South Korea should pressure North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions

For

South Korea blinks by Los Angeles Times editorial board (Los Angeles Times, November 14 2006) (view)

Kim's Ka-boom by New York Post editorial board (New York Post, October 10, 2006) (view)

North Korea's nuclear test puts onus on China, S. Korea by USA Today editorial board (USA Today, October 9, 2006) (view)

Answering North Korea by The Washington Post editorial board (The Washington Post, October 5, 2006) (view)

U.S. should use North Korean refugees issue to pressure China

For

A plan for defusing North Korea crisis by John O'Sullivan (Chicago Sun-Times, October 17, 2006) (view)