How to excise that last vestige of the Cold War
Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 5:01AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett

ARTICLE: Cleaning Up the 20th Century, By JIM YARDLEY, New York Times, March 18, 2007

The slow consensus on our side: tie off the Cold War in Asia to gain the East Asian NATO.

If it can be done slow and easy, great. The "mini-me Deng" model is definitely preferred, but that would mean Kim buys the buy-out--an iffy proposition since it signals the inevitable end of his rule.

Thanks to Jarrod Myrick for sending this.

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