Tag: North Korea
Anniversary of a forever war
May I remind you what a hellhole North Korea is?
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea—that’s it’s official and fraudulent name—is a dynastic totalitarian dictatorship in which, according to Freedom House, “arbitrary arrests and detention are...
‘Nations don’t let nations go out of existence,’ she said
It was December 1983 and Yael Dayan—Labor Party Knesset member, novelist and daughter of legendary general and defense minister Moshe Dayan—had been booked into town as featured speaker for the Columbus Jewish Federation’s annual...
North Korea’s Still-Expanding Nuclearization: The Challenge For President-Elect Joseph Biden
“The existence of `system’ in the world is at once obvious to every observer of nature, no matter whom….“
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man (1955)
By the time Donald J. Trump leaves office next month, the...
Israel: Group linked to North Korea attempted to hack Israeli defense firms
Israel’s Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday that a cyber-crime group linked to North Korea had attempted to infiltrate Israel’s defense industries.
The attackers attempted to penetrate defense manufacturers’ networks by pretending to be recruiters for...
Toward A More Thoughtful Nuclear Diplomacy: An American Strategic Imperative
“Hope is by nature an expensive commodity, and those who are risking their all on one cast find out what it means only when they are already ruined.” -Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War (416 BCE)
Hope is never a...
The dark shadow Iran is casting on the world
In Israel, as the drumbeats of war grow ever louder, people are preparing with a mixture of dread, stoicism and determination for the long-feared, ultimate showdown with Iran.
After reported Iranian attacks on two oil...
Toward a Second North Korean Summit: Adjusting US Expectations
Everything is very simple in war, but the simplest thing is still very difficult." (Carl von Clausewitz, On War)
Donald Trump plans to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sometime toward the end of February. From...
Influencing North Korea’s nuclear calculations: Trump’s obligation to think strategically
It should now be obvious that the North Korean ruler has no intention of giving up his country’s growing nuclear weapons program. To insistently demand “complete denuclearization” from Kim Jung Un represents a foolish...
South Korea to buy Israeli radar systems to counter potential missile threats
South Korea announced that it is buying two Israeli-made radar systems to counter missile threats, despite warming ties with North Korea, The Times of Israel reported on Tuesday.
Seoul is purchasing two Green Pine radar arrays made...
South Korean Ministry of Unification sees results of ‘aliyah’ up close in Israel
Nefesh B’Nefesh hosted a four-person delegation on Monday from the South Korean Ministry of Unification, the government office that is preparing to handle the possible future integration of North and South Korea.
To be prepared...