Robert E. McCoy is a retired U.S. Air Force Korean linguist and analyst/reporter who was stationed in Asia for more than fourteen years. He continues to follow developments in East Asia closely. Mr. McCoy’s book Tales You Wouldn’t Tell Your Mother is now out. He can be contacted via his website http://musingsbymccoy.com/ which also lists his previous essays and has personal vignettes on Asia (Tidbits) not published elsewhere.
U.S. policy towards North Korea won't have credibility until the message is consistent
In order to solve the North Korea problem, the U.S. must redefine its goals
Forget sanctions: it's time to prosecute North Korea's elites and flood the DPRK with foreign media
This is not routine provocation: the DPRK leadership senses the danger it increasingly faces
South Korea and the U.S. must not misread Beijing's objectives
Pyongyang is trying to drive a wedge between the U.S. and its allies
American soldiers should not die because of Seoul's bad decisions
Everyone should worry about the ultimate goal of the DPRK when it says it wants a “peace treaty”
The two countries are no longer “as close as lips and teeth”
Pyongyang has its own skeletons in its closet when it comes to abductions
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