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	<title>Future Atlas &#187; North Korea</title>
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		<title>North Korea: Escaping the Cult</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/12/north-korea-escaping-the-cult/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
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		<title>Terrorism: bases and nukes</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/08/21/terrorism-bases-and-nukes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/08/21/terrorism-bases-and-nukes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foreign Policy magazine and the Center for American Progress polled 108 foreign affairs experts across the political spectrum about terrorism and related issues.
Asked what country is likely to be the next al Qaeda stronghold, the experts said:

Pakistan &#8212; 35%
Iraq &#8212; 22%
Somalia &#8212; 11%
Sudan &#8212; 8%
Afghanistan &#8212; 7%

The experts also put Pakistan at the head of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The cult of North Korea</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/06/the-cult-of-north-korea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/06/the-cult-of-north-korea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2007 16:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The CSM reviews some of the ways North Korea is as much a fundamentalist theocracy as a communist dictatorship.
Spending on deification of the Kim family is increasing, to counter the scenario that &#8220;Koreans will discover the freedoms, glitter, and diversity of the modern outside world, and stop believing the story of idolatry they are awash [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Korea: cracks appearing?</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/10/22/north-korea-cracks-appearing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/10/22/north-korea-cracks-appearing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Oct 2006 19:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NYT / IHT reports four apparent trends in North Korea:

The &#8220;government &#8230;. is progressively losing the paramount role it used to enjoy in society&#8221;.
&#8220;The power of ideology appears to be waning.&#8221;
&#8220;Information has begun to seep in from the outside world.&#8221;
&#8220;The effects of money and corruption appear to have grown sharply in recent years, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Countering North Korea?</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/10/10/countering-north-korea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/10/10/countering-north-korea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2006 02:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conservative commentator David Frum argues that the apparent nuclear weapon test attempt by North Korea demands that the US seek three goals:

&#8220;enhance the security of those American allies most directly threatened by North Korean nuclear weapons: Japan and South Korea&#8221;
&#8220;exact a price from North Korea for its nuclear program severe enough to frighten Iran and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>States in danger of failing</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/05/10/states-in-danger-of-failing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/05/10/states-in-danger-of-failing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2006 02:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Burma]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nepal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foreign policy and the Fund for Peace have released their annual Failed States Index, a valuable tool for tracking potential instability.
Foreign Policy explains:
The category of “failed states” has become part of the strategic vernacular, and it has many definitions. For the purposes of this index, a failing state is one in which the government does [...]]]></description>
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