North Korea

Debating Afghanistan

If you haven’t already noticed on CSPAN2, the Senate has begun debate on the FY2010 Defense Appropriations bill. Typically, defense is the last of the 13 spending bills to be passed because it’s a must pass – ie, you can’t not update military funding in a time of war – and it often becomes a Christmas tree for all the pork that …

Risks and Recklessness in Journalism

Our colleague Massimo Calabresi knows a lot about the risks a reporter must take to uncover the truth in an international danger zone. From 1995 to 1999, Massimo covered wars in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo for TIME. He was once detained in Serb-held Bosnia while investigating mass graves there as part of a reporting project that earned …

In the Arena In the Arena

Here’s A Test

Is it possible that the North Koreans launched a July 4 cyber attack on the US government? If so, what’s the appropriate retaliation? Should we turn the electricity in Pyongyang on and off a few times, if we can do it?

The North Koreans are clearly in the midst of some sort of internal meltdown, probably having to do with a …