
Commentary / World Jul 2, 2019
Trump and Kim meet; Xi bides his time
by Thomas Cynkin
It's difficult to imagine a scenario where North Korea reaches an agreement with the U.S. that China opposes.
Trump and Kim meet; Xi bides his time
It's difficult to imagine a scenario where North Korea reaches an agreement with the U.S. that China opposes.
While history was being made at the DMZ on Sunday, an old danger persists: Trump's hunger for a deal will result in the legitimation of North Korea's nuclear program.
There might be a method to Trump's madness
A defector from the authoritarian regime sees a U.S. president carefully keeping his options open.
Is Pyongyang slicing the salami too thin?
The second U.S.-North Korea summit meeting in Hanoi was a fiasco and provided no relief for Japan.
What's next for U.S.-North Korea talks?
Now that the U.S. has exhausted what it usually considers its ultimate diplomatic mean — a summit with the its president — how to move forward from this point on will be uncertain at best.
The upside of 'no agreement' in Hanoi
By walking away at the Hanoi summit, both the U.S. and North Korea now have an opportunity to reconvene talks at the working level and allow for greater creativity in reaching long-term, sustainable solutions that summit diplomacy was unlikely to achieve.
Summit won't shift North Korea's strategic calculus
Without a substantial agreement in Hanoi, we are likely to see Pyongyang retain its nuclear deterrent while it continues its modus operandi of extracting concessions for modest compromises.
Trump's North Korean road to nowhere
Judging by the outcome of the first meeting between Trump and Kim, U.S. allies in the region have good reason to be deeply concerned.
Trump must insist on genuine progress in North Korean denuclearization, not the mere illusion of such.
Think small to denuclearize North Korea
Before substantive denuclearization can progress, the U.S. needs to adopt measures toward reconciliation with both Pyongyang and the North Korean people.
Both Washington and Pyongyang are going to need to make concessions.
Was the U.S.-North Korea summit a great first step for peace in Northeast Asia? Hardly.