U.S. softened stance on North Korea is right policy, but late, Madsen says in column

APARC fellow Robert Madsen provides comment for a foreign affairs column, headlined "Bush finally accepts the reality that North Korea talks are needed," published June 27 in the San Jose Mercury News. Madsen summarizes North Korea's current options following the latest round of six-party talks in Beijing, and concludes that the Bush administration's recent softening of approach is "the right policy, two years late." Read more »