US Shifts Stance on North Korea, Signaling Openness to Talks with Kim Jong Un

Prospects of US-North Korea peace talks bleak

The other day, US President Donald J Trump said he hoped to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the “not-too-distant future.” He bragged he had a “great relationship” with Kim. He seems to hope that could work to advance the cause of peace in the East Asian region. One, however, finds the chances of any meaningful talks between the two leaders are bleak. Observers say President Trump’s new global security road map drops reference to denuclea…

US Shifts Stance on North Korea, Signaling Openness to Talks with Kim Jong Un

The Trump administration released its updated global security roadmap, a key policy document outlining national defense priorities for the coming years. Notably absent from this document is any explicit reference to the “complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization” (CVID) of North Korea—a cornerstone of US policy toward Pyongyang since the 2018 Singapore summit between Donald Trump […] The post US Shifts Stance on North Korea, Signal…