The newly inked Russia-North Korea security pact has spiked anxiety around the world about Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s growing partnership and its implications for the Korean Peninsula, Ukraine, and beyond.
Furthermore, rising regional tensions mean that China could very well be drawn into a crisis or even a full-blown war on the Korean Peninsula, be left to clean up the mess given Moscow’s preoccupation in Europe, and suffer major setbacks to its actual priorities as a result.
Before a crisis strikes, the United States and China—along with South Korea and other regional stakeholders—should work together to rein in the Putin-Kim collaboration and revamp diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula, argues Patricia M. Kim.
The role of SNAP in alleviating financial strain. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) offers nearly universal support for low-income households to meet one of their basic needs: nutrition. Elizabeth Cox, Chloe East, and Isabelle Pula show that SNAP also can help families withstand the financial shocks that often result from missed payments and costly borrowing.
Sudan’s deepening humanitarian catastrophe. The crisis unfolding in Sudan is manmade—a fratricidal war that has caused displacement and famine, and which is preventing life-saving humanitarian assistance from reaching the population. Jeffrey Feltman joins The Current podcast to explain the situation and the stunning ramifications.
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