N. Korea Stops Nuclear Armament

The N.Y. Times says:

North Korea agreed Tuesday after arduous talks to shut down its main nuclear reactor and eventually dismantle its atomic weapons program, just four months after the communist state shocked the world by testing a nuclear bomb.

The deal marks the first concrete plan for disarmament in more than three years of six-nation negotiations, and could potentially herald a new era of cooperation in the region with the North's longtime foes -- the United States and Japan -- also agreeing to discuss normalizing relations with Pyongyang.

This is a step in the right direction for the world, bringing an end to nuclear weapons in North Korea shows that in some instances diplomatic talks works. I think however we will have to see how this affect U.S. Foreign policy in general.

John Bolton, former U.N. Ambassador says that this is similar to the deal that the Clinton administration tried to make in the ending days of his administration. The Chief U.S. Negotiator told CNN's American Morning, that this is different because this was not a "bilateral" agreement but an agreement between North Korea, its neighbors and the United States.