Keywords (March 3)

Korea Peninsula
Space program
Orbit
Satellite
1957
Sputnik
Capability
Launching
WMD
Persuasion
Economic aid (assistance)
In exchange for giving nuclear programs
Military option
Drill , military exercise
Worst-case scenario
Risks
Fallout
Dirty bombs
Last resort
Nuclear club
Non-proliferation Treaty
Voluntarily
Nuclear Arms race
Legitimacy
Monopoly
Permanent members of the UN security council
First strike vs. second strike capability
Nuclear balance, balance of terror
Think twice
Strategic Triad (ICBM, Bombers, SLBMs)
Stars war (strategic defense initiative)
Shield
TMD (Theater Missile Defense)
NMD,
Doomsday, catastrophe
Stone war fourth world war
Conventional weapons
Rationality of irrationality
War-prone
Prejudice
Perception is reality
Fanatical
Put yourself in other people’s shoes
Relics of the history, legacy
Reclaim the ownership of those
Great Leap Forward
Make steel
Rising Chinese nationalism
Olympic torch relay
Boycott Carrefour
Controversial
Resilient
Launching pad
Deploy missiles
Vocal
Axis of evil
Axis of justice
OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)
Scapegoat , blame
Military ally
Virtual ally
Arms sales, arms procurement
Tip of , balance is tilted towards China’s side.
Military to military talks
Mil-to-mil
Engage in military talks
Miscalculation, misunderstanding
Transparency
CBMs (Confidence Building Measures)
Security dilemma
Publish defense reports (white paper)
Confidential, secret
Avoid unwanted conflicts, wars
PLO, Palestine Liberation Organization
Hamas
Commute
Unbearable
Co-exist
Coalition government
Radical
Flash points, time bomb