Two good articles by two good journalists. John Feffer evaluates US policy in East Asia. Jonathan Steele also looks at Korea, but includes discussion of US-Iran relations.
In both cases, the tensions are the product of deliberate provocation on the part of the White House. The continuity between Obama and his predecesor continues to manifest itself.
Feffer
http://www.fpif.org/articles/the_paradoxes_of_the_pacific_pivot
Steele
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/09/nuclear-us-rogue-state-iran-north-korea
