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Chain reactions: linking the conflicts on the Korean Peninsula and Taiwan Strait.

From: American Diplomacy  |  Date: 11/6/2006  |  Author: Giovannettone, Justin R.

At 11:36 a.m. on Monday, October 9, 2006 (Korean Time), North Korea conducted what appeared to be its first nuclear test detonation. Five days later the United Nations Security Council passed a unanimous resolution--Resolution 1718--condemning the test and levying sanctions against North Korea, but leaving the crisis far from resolved. As the implications of the apparent test continue to unfold, American policy makers and security analysts would be well advised to take a broad look ...

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