Vietnam War

For some weeks now, all the headlines of the world’s press have been concentrating, quite properly, on the Middle East war, the emerging oil crisis and the continuing saga of political corruption and deceit within the United States. We have had, therefore, little or no opportunity to be reminded of the forgotten but unrelenting war in Indochina. 

One thing is clear: North Korea, regardless of its belligerence, lacks the means to defeat South Korea, or to inflict any military damage on the United States. The motive therefore lies not in the execution of any military threat but in the theatre of threat-making. 

The piece appeared in The Conversation

Joseph A. Camilleri and Jim Falk, 'Brinkmanship must give way to dialogue', Australian Financial Review, 27 February 2002.