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From nuclear threats to nuclear talks: A big win for President Donald Trump? IES Policy Brief No. 4, April 2018

Desmaele, Linde (2018) From nuclear threats to nuclear talks: A big win for President Donald Trump? IES Policy Brief No. 4, April 2018. [Policy Paper]

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    Abstract

    ork for a much-welcomed long-term solution. US President Donald Trump surprised the world by accepting North Korean leader Kim Jongun’s invitation to talk, thereby setting the scene for potentially the first ever meeting between a North Korean leader and a sitting US president. A Trump-Kim summit, which American officials say will take place this coming May or June at a location yet to be determined, would mark a turning point in US-North Korea relations. After a year of escalating tensions and insults between the two leaders, the prospect of talks seems like a welcome development. Americans have looked at North Korea as the land of lousy options for several decades now, so why not try the unprecedented? Yet, Trump’s diplomatic gamble is not without risk. Previous rounds of negotiations have not led to a major breakthrough and have left both sides disappointed. Meanwhile, the increased sophistication of North Korea’s nuclear program is forcing the US to come up with answers. Therefore, if Trump does not play his cards right and the summit is perceived as a failure, he may well provide further excuse for the US to turn to military options to achieve what diplomacy could seemingly not.

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    Item Type: Policy Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > External relations > EU-US
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Institute for European Studies (Brussels) > Policy Briefs
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 26 May 2019 16:12
    Number of Pages: 4
    Last Modified: 26 May 2019 16:12
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/97108

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