Even those who have never negotiated with North Korea could have told the Obama administration, “I told you so.”

The reality is: North Korea is desperate, defensive, defiant and dangerous; realistically, how do we handle such a regime?

Kim Jong-il’s death came like the line from Fletch: He’d been dying for years, but when it came it was very sudden. Now the world waits to see what will happen to the most repressive and secretive regime on earth.

On March 18, 2000, the 22 million people of Taiwan will vote for their second democratically elected president. As the election draws near, public discourse in Taiwan is focused on the direction the country will take after the new government assumes office in May 2000. Dr. Parris Chang, leading...

In the coming confused days, the United States and South Korea should make clear to Pyongyang’s diplomats that no destabilizing actions will be tolerated and that the two will act to protect their joint interests and uphold peace on the peninsula and in the region, including Japan.

Participants in a June 2 AEI conference debated the economic benefits of a U.S.-Taiwan free trade agreement.

The upcoming party conference will decide who will be Kim Jong Il's successor and what direction North Korea will take in order to meet its goals for 2012.

Lilley reviews The Good Man OfNanking: The Diaries Of John Rabe, edited by Erwin Wickert.