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Trump’s North Korea gambit

Why North Korea succeeded at getting nuclear weapons — when Iraq and Libya failed. Trump has given North Korea “the greatest gift ever”: How Trump is playing into North Korea’s hands — and making war more likely (and more). We are sleepwalking toward war with North Korea: The risk of nuclear war is real — and it’s growing. Tell me how Trump’s North Korea gambit ends. Is the U.S. military ready for a war with North Korea? US rhetoric on North Korea runs into logistical reality: Complexities of possible attack show why conflict with Pyongyang is unlikely. We are not running out of time: “Time has stopped for the path we have been on for 15 years. But deterrence has worked for 50 years with Russia, it will work for North Korea”.

Doubt cast on South Korea hit squad to target Kim Jong Un. South Korea proposes border talks with North Korea after Kim’s overture. What Kim Jong-un’s mixed messages reveal about his 2018 strategy. Barry Posen on the price of war with North Korea. Is nuclear war inevitable? Graham Allison reviews The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner by Daniel Ellsberg. “Trump just said he has a bigger penis than Kim Jong Un. The United States’ security is relegated to someone with a severe inferiority complex who threatens a nuclear Holocaust to compensate for his lack of self worth. God help us”. Vasili Arkhipov, a Soviet submarine officer who averted nuclear war, honoured with prize.