that finland and the cold warou was committed to a pro-soviet foreign policy, but has its own internal political regime. that, i think, is the one solution that would be the least destructive. it would be a peaceful transition. i think it is, however, unlikely.de that is the deal we ought to make. in the end, we can t rely on the chinese. we are going to have to deter the north koreans ourselves. if we can get the chinese to do it, it would be a welcome miracle. but miracles are fairly scarce these days. dana: you can t count on them, that is for sure. last question to you, going back to that column on january 5th. you wrote that the principal strategic challenge facing the united states is the rise of revisionist powers, russia, china, and iran. i wondered what you might think about in those capitals in irant in russia today, what they might be thinking up as they try tot figure out what