From Vox, the North Korea nuclear standoff: How we went from “fire and fury” to talks in under a year. Margaret Hartmann on how the U.S. and North Korea are preparing for the Trump-Kim summit. From RAND, James Dobbins on what will Kim Jong Un want and what he might give. Pompeo’s visit suggests the Trump-Kim summit is on track — here’s why Kim is ready to talk. Pompeo’s meeting with Kim went “smoothly” — Trump’s meeting with Kim might not. Trump reportedly thinks he alone can solve the North Korea crisis by talking to Kim Jong Un. From the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a roadmap for the day after the Trump-Kim summit.
Why killing the Iran deal makes Trump’s North Korea talks much, much harder. Jaw-jaw better than war-war: Neither limited bombing nor full-scale war would end nuclear proliferation in either Iran or North Korea so much as make it permanent.
