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Boiling Over On The Back Burner: Why Downplaying North Korea’S Nuclear Ambitions Is A Dangerous Proposition, Justin T. Baldwin

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Boiling Over on the Back Burner: Why Downplaying North Korea’s Nuclear Ambitions is a Dangerous Proposition

Justin Baldwin

Mentor: Dr. Ryan K. Baggett

Homeland Security Program, Eastern Kentucky University

Abstract

For over sixty years, the Korean Peninsula has teetered on the brink of violence between two countries still technically at war. Since the division of Korea at the 38^th parallel in 1945, a power struggle between North and South and, ultimately, Communism and Democracy has become a dangerous stalemate.

While many have downplayed the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) as a backwards, isolated nation with a leader thirsty …

The Conflict In Syria: Should The United States Get More Involved?, Jacob Peoples

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The purpose of this research is to explore the relations between Syria, Russia, and the United States in the Syrian civil war. The relationship has been in turmoil because of the complexities of the situation. Syria has been a designated state sponsor of terrorism since December 29, 1979, five years before the next designated state of Iran. Syria is a very important and strategic country and now more than ever has a large risk of being completely overrun by the newest terrorist group ISIS. The turmoil is possibly stemming initially from the result of a failed 1957 Central Intelligence Agency …