People, places, and terms to know

-Armistice
-Camptown
-Cheonan
-Colonialism
-Containment
-Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
-Deterrence
-G-20
-Hard Power
-Hegemony
-Human Trafficking
-Imperialism
-Institutional Racism
-Joint Security Zone
-Kim Jong-il
-Kim Jong-un
-Lee Hee-won
-Lee Myung-bak
-Overstretch
-Proliferation
-Provocation
-Pyongyang
-Realism
-Reunification
-Russo-American
-SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization)
-Security Council (UNSC)
-Self-determination
-Seoul
-Seventh Fleet
-Sino-American
-Soft Power
-Sovereignty
-Sunshine Policy
-Unilateral/Bilateral/Mulitlateral
-USFK
-Utilitarianism
-WPK (Workers' Party of Korea)
-Yeonpyeong
Bandow, Doug; "Ending the U.S.-Korea Alliance"; The National Interest (6/9/2008)
Who is the author?
Which country does he say would win if the ROK and DPRK fought each other?
Does the article claim China's relations with the ROK are getting better or worse?
What does the author say about regional stability?
How does the article claim that US presence affects the Chinese military?
Is this article more useful for the Pro or Con?

Green, Mike; "Is Obama about to go wobbly on North Korea?"; Foreign Policy (2/1/2011)
What kind of evidence is this?
How does the author say North Korea feels about negotiations?
What does the article say about nuclear proliferation?
According to the article, is US military presence a deterrent or a provocation?
What is the relationship between negotiations and provocation?

Lai, David; "Obama's Policy Option on North Korea"; China Security Journal, (Vol. 5 No. 2, 2009)
What nationality is the article's author?
What assumptions about North Korea does the first paragraph say the USA is wrong about?
Does the article advocate unilateral, bilateral, or multilateral action towards North Korea?
Why does the author mention a peace treaty to end the Korean War?
What relationship does this claim between the US military and the Korean reunification process?

Bandow, Doug; "Taming Pyongyang"; The National Interest (5/3/10)

What does this article say is North Korea's standard diplomatic strategy?
How much potential for escalation does this author think a Korean conflict would have?
Which country does the article claim is most important to negotiations?
What is the difference between USA and ROK interests?
Why is proliferation likely whether or not a war breaks out?

Carter, Jimmy; "North Korea's Consistent Message to the U.S."; Washington Post, (11/24/2010)
What is the author's foreign policy experience?
Why does he say North Korea doesn't take negotiations with South Korea seriously?
How much plutonium does North Korea probably have?
What is the "consistent message"?
According to the article, what does North Korea fear most, and how does our presence interact with that?

Hitchens, Christopher; "A Nation of Racist Dwarfs"; Slate (2/1/2010)

What book is a lot of this article based off?
What does the author claim is the actual meaning behind North Korean propaganda about war and race?
Which side is more likely to use this article?
What are the "two most shattering facts" about differences between the two Koreas?
What role does the article claim communism plays in Korea?
How does the author view disarmament negotiations?
What does "we cannot expect it to bargain away its very raison d'etre" mean?

List of Kim Jong-il's titles; Wikipedia

-Follow links between articles to learn about at least five relevant background topics
(for example) Propaganda in North Korea --> North Korea --> Korean Unification --> AINDF --> National Security
Act
-Do you think these titles are taken literally in North Korea (Like Hitchens' article from yesterday contends), or don't the
ideas behind them translate very well between cultures (as Carter's article would support)?
-If it is literal, what does that imply about our military role in the region?
-If it doesn't translate well, what else doesn't translate? Does South Korean culture have the same problems translating
into American terms?