Did peace just break out between North and South Korea? Three main takeaways from the historic North Korea-South Korea summit. Trump’s triumph, Trump’s folly: Either the president has succeeded with North Korea where his predecessors have failed, or he has fallen into the same trap that ensnared them. Beware the Korean peace trap: Trump should know that empty promises are a favorite tactic of the North Korean regime. Kim Jong-un wants U.S. promise not to invade in exchange for nukes. Raising eyebrows, Bolton says US has “Libya model” in mind for North Korea.
Tom Nichols: “I am not enough of an internal North Korea politics expert to know why Kim is doing what Kim’s doing. But from a 30,000 foot IR perspective, I have just a couple of ideas” (and more). Patrick Chovanec: “What do I think is really going on in Korea? I’ll try to offer some thoughts”. “It’s fascinating the way that the same people who are COMPLETELY convinced that Iran is cheating on the JCPOA seem to buying [Kim] hook, line, and sinker, when [North Korea] has a long history of cheating on their agreements and hiding their [nuclear weapons] program” (and more).
