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U.S.-North Korea diplomacy
The Moon-Trump Summit: This Is Chaos in Action
By Clint Work
Is Trump second guessing the rush to strike a deal? Showing flexibility? Both? Neither?
What Do North Korean Defectors Think of the Recent Peninsula Diplomacy?
By Clint Work
Getting a sense of what an under-represented constituency might think of the North Korean overtures.
Fissures in the North Korea Peace Process?
By Clint Work
Alongside the diplomacy, Trump has maintained a hard line. Notably, Pyongyang has responded in kind.
What Kim Jong-un Gets Out of a Self-Enforced ICBM Testing Freeze
By Ankit Panda
The North Korean leader needs time to build out his nuclear forces — time that doesn't need to spent testing ICBMs, necessarily.
CIA Director Mike Pompeo Met Kim Jong-un: Report
By Ankit Panda
The meeting would be the highest-level official U.S.-North Korea encounter since 2000.
Nobody Puts Japan in the Corner
By Melodie Ha
How Tokyo can make its way to the North Korean negotiating table.
The Strategic Wisdom of Accommodating North Korea’s Nuclear Status
By Graham W. Jenkins
What if Washington came to terms with a nuclear North Korea but remained on the peninsula?
A North Korean Gordian Knot: Undoing the Nuclear Link
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Soo Kim.
Why Is North Korea Keeping Silent on the Trump-Kim Meeting?
By Zhiqun Zhu
There are several possible reasons -- and none bode well for successful talks.
The Trump-Kim Summit Is No ‘Nixon to China’ Moment
By Benjamin A. Engel
The Trump administration lacks the prep work and personal involvement that made Nixon’s China trip a success.
Tillerson Is Out, But Let's Hope His North Korea Approach Sticks Around
By Edward Howell
What Trump can learn from Tillerson’s approach to North Korea.
What Does a Trump-Kim Meeting Mean for China?
By Shannon Tiezzi
Despite relief that war seems less likely, there are concerns about China’s lack of input in the current round of diplomacy.