Why did the Federal Reserve agree to launder money for North Korea?

The allure of securing a place in history could account for the about-face on key foreign policy issues in North Korea and the Middle East.

The Bush administration is already over as far as North Korea policy is concerned.

The North Korean challenge is complex, but by now all too familiar. Nearly two decades of negotiations have failed to resolve the nuclear problem, and North Korea has been carrying out aggression against the South for much longer than that. It is time for the allies to try something new.

It has become a cliché to suggest that sanctions are not the silver bullet to shut down Iran's nuclear weapons programs. Part of the problem has been the "too little, too late" nature of almost every effort at sanctions.

There are some signs that the Bush administration may be reaching the end of its patience with the Six-Party Talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

John Bolton may no longer be in the Bush administration, but he's still very much in the game as he offers advice regarding North Korea.

Is the U.S. handling of the North Korean nuclear issue setting a dangerous precendent?