Pressure on Pyongyang

One would have to be naive to believe that the so-called democracy of the U.S. electoral model is an anomaly rather than a systemic logic.

For most of its modern history, the United States has written the rules of engagement almost everywhere it has chosen to fight.

'The real question is not whether U.S. hegemony is in decline, but whether the United States can devise a way to step down with dignity.'