Leon Sigal

Director, Social Science Research Council's Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project

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Director of the Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project at the Social Science Research Council and author of Disarming Strangers: Nuclear Diplomacy with North Korea

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For the second time since a  South Korean warship was sunk  this spring, tens of thousands of US and South Korean troops are  engaged in war games . South Korea calls it defensive.

The US and South Korea Play War Games Again

For the second time since a South Korean warship was sunk this spring, tens of thousands of US and South Korean troops are engaged in war games . South Korea calls it defensive.

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