BU Now » East Asia http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 North v. South Korea tensions mount http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/05/26/north-v-south-korea-tensions-mount/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/05/26/north-v-south-korea-tensions-mount/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 20:46:44 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=5728 North Korean warshipWith military and political tensions increasing daily on the Korean Peninsula, Secretary of State Clinton says America will stand by South Korea as it seeks UN action to redress North Korea’s apparent sinking of South Korean warship.  International relations Professor Thomas Berger, a specialist on government and political culture in East Asia, says today’s situation has “disturbing parallels” to the 1930s when economic turmoil and political weakness let to events that resulted in World War II.

“The international community is faced with a series of unfortunate events, any one of which by themselves could be managed, but which taken together could prove catastrophic … We can only hope that the international community – including the United States – shows greater wisdom this time around.”

Contact Thomas Berger, 617-353-5351, tuberger@bu.edu

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