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North Korea talks

From Congressional Research Service, a peace treaty with North Korea? North Korea just promised a huge concession on its nuclear weapons — it’s done that before (and more and more). Trump praises North Korea’s “very honorable” dictator. Trump says North Korea agreed to denuclearize — it hasn’t (and more). Trump may not understand what North Korea has committed to. Katie Hunt on thy Kim Jong Un came in from the cold: 3 theories. What does Kim Jong-un want? U.S. fears answer is “give a little, gain a lot”. In one of the most daring diplomatic moves in decades, the president seeks his own Nixon-to-China moment — this one might not go so well. North Korea talks likely to happen, but maybe not likely to succeed.

From Foreign Affairs, how unwanted wars begin: Robert Jervis and Mira Rapp-Hooper on perception and misperception on the Korean peninsula. Road to N. Korea’s denuclearization is littered with failure. The general who might be tasked with talking Trump out of catastrophic war. Does North Korea really have a nuclear bomb?