Good morning,
This week, U.S. President Donald Trump cut short a large military exercise with South Korea in an apparent effort to start new talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump’s relationship with Kim is long and tumultuous—he famously nicknamed Kim “Little Rocket Man”—but as Jung Pak wrote earlier this year, Kim has managed to transform himself “from a global pariah into a global power player in record time.” Indeed, it’s not just Trump; several great powers have started to make concessions to the hermit kingdom. Pak, a former CIA officer and State Department official, offers a useful explainer for how North Korea, “to everyone’s surprise,” came to hold so many cards in international politics. But I’ve also been thinking this week of her warning: that the challenge the country poses to the United States is “more formidable and more durable” than ever.
Until next week, |
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| Dan Kurtz-Phelan Editor, Foreign Affairs |
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| Dan Kurtz-Phelan Editor, Foreign Affairs |
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P.S. In case you missed the podcast this week, my interview with Kurt Campbell, Rush Doshi, and Mark Leonard is available here. |
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P.S. In case you missed the podcast this week, my interview with Kurt Campbell, Rush Doshi, and Mark Leonard is available here. |
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