The Foreign Service Journal, October 2005

O C T O B E R 2 0 0 5 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 37 F O C U S O N “ R O G U E ” S T A T E S A R OGUE BY A NY O THER N AME hat’s in a name? Plenty, if that name is “rogue state” or “pariah state.” Rogue states, or pariahs with aggressive intent, are said to be the main proliferation menace in the world. Yet the United States does not brand Pakistan with either of those labels, even though it may have done more than any other coun- try to enable other states to obtain nuclear arms. North Korea has not been as fortunate as Pakistan. To many Americans, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is the archetypal rogue state: implacable and inimical, with a master plan to deceive the world and acquire W R ULED BY A DICTATOR WHO THREATENS THE REST OF THE WORLD , N ORTH K OREA LOOKS LIKE THE PERFECT FOE . B UT THAT ISN ’ T THE WHOLE STORY . B Y L EON V. S IGAL PJ Loughran