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Adeed Dawisha is a professor of political science at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Born in Iraq, Dawisha urges the United States to acknowledge that his homeland is a de facto segregated country. He wants American diplomats to urge the Iraqi government toward a peaceful partition or a loosely federated state.

As fighting escalates in Sudan, attention is focusing on the country propping up the Khartoum government by purchasing most of its oil: China. Sudan is the home to China's largest overseas energy investment. And despite its public disavowals, China now has a vested interest in the outcome of the fighting there.

Iraqi troops raid part of Sadr City, the Baghdad stronghold of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. The U.S. military, which provided support in the mission, says the raid targeted the leader of a Shiite death squad. Iraq's prime minister angrily denied approving the raid.

The United Nation's top envoy to Sudan is being expelled. The government in Khartoum is accusing Jan Pronk of demonstrating "enmity" to the Sudanese army by stating that it has recently suffered heavy losses in Darfur -- and that the army's morale is low.

Les Gelb, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, says U.S. forces may be defeated in Iraq, and the Bush administration should set up a plan to prepare for the consequences.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Japan to shore up support for U.N. sanctions against North Korea. Don Oberdorfer, chair of the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University, talks with Madeleine Brand about how Asian nations are reacting to the North Korea nuclear crisis.

North Korea responded angrily Tuesday to the U.N. Security Council's resolution imposing sanctions on the North for its recent nuclear test, calling it a declaration of war. While China largely supports the sanctions, the country is taking a subtle approach to dealing with its neighbor.

U.N. Resolution 1718, adopted Saturday by a unanimous vote, calls for an array of economic sanctions on North Korea. How effective is it likely to be as a deterrent to nuclear development? What are the next diplomatic steps?

President Bush defended his diplomatic strategy with North Korea at a news conference Wednesday, saying bilateral talks with the nation during the Clinton administration just didn't work to curb its nuclear ambitions.

President Bush said there should be "serious repercussions" following North Korea's announcement earlier this week that it had tested a nuclear device. He also said the United States remains committed to diplomacy, but "reserves all options" in dealing with North Korea.