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Two Koreas join in 2014 Olympic bid
This is a bit of encouraging news. And a good example of reaching out to adversaries.
Two Koreas join forces for 2014 bid
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – North and South Korea are joining forces to secure the 2014 Winter Olympics after the two sides reached an unprecedented joint agreement to back the bid of South Korean city Pyeongchang, officials said on Friday.
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What this is a good example of is how a desire to pull in the big bucks can be the basis of cooperation between otherwise antagonistic nations. This is why I have always held that embargos are okay up to a point, but at some point they become pointless (ref. Cuba), but economic engagement can end hostilities and lead to rapprochement (ref. China). This does not mean that making another country a trading partner leads to that country doing what you want, but short of war you can’t succeed in making another country do what you want anyway (ref. Cuba again).