While Xi is no stranger to U.S. policymakers, he remains – even after five years in power – an opaque and seemingly-inscrutable leader. In part due to such misunderstanding, tensions between China and the U.S. have escalated.
Trump doubles the allowable size of Seoul's warheads and promises to transfer more sophisticated weapons to Asian allies.
Having 12 times the population of North Korea, and military and economic power of a much greater magnitude of multiples, mighty America can afford the magnanimity of making the first gesture of accommodation to resolve the Korean Peninsula crisis, George Koo asserts. But even then, the US diplomatic effort would need infinite patience to gradually overcome the years of bad blood and distrust between Washington and Pyongyang. Perhaps another high-profile emissary to Pyongyang is needed to break the ice. Instead of former president Jimmy Carter, might not Bill Clinton fill the bill? It’s time to think and act differently about North Korea before the situation gets out of control. READ THE STORY HERE