{"id":3690,"date":"2017-10-21T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-10-21T00:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=3690"},"modified":"2017-10-20T17:57:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T07:57:04","slug":"commentary-trumps-iran-decision-hurts-chance-of-a-north-korea-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/commentary-trumps-iran-decision-hurts-chance-of-a-north-korea-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Commentary: Trump\u2019s Iran decision hurts chance of a North Korea deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump\u2019s undermining of the Iran nuclear deal only shrinks US options for dealing with North Korea. The US president\u2019s decertification of Tehran\u2019s compliance will be well noted in Pyongyang, giving North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a credible excuse for refusing to negotiate with Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The US-North Korea situation is becoming more fraught as both sides attempt to pile on pressure, pushing prospects for talks further away.<\/p>\n<p>Just two months ago, I argued that Americans needed to put North Korea\u2019s missile tests in perspective. (\u201cYes, they\u2019re worrying. But the US mainland is not in imminent danger.\u201d) Now I\u2019m slightly less sanguine: either side could make a catastrophic miscalculation while tensions persist. Even before Trump\u2019s decision on Iran, the prospects for negotiations were diminishing.<\/p>\n<p>Please click here to read the full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-abrahamian-northkorea-commentary\/commentary-trumps-iran-decision-hurts-chance-of-a-north-korea-deal-idUSKBN1CO2CY\">\u201cCommentary: Trump\u2019s Iran decision hurts chance of a North Korea deal\u201d<\/a> article at Reuters Commentary by Griffith Asia Institute Adjunct Research Fellow, Dr Andray Abrahamian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump\u2019s undermining of the Iran nuclear deal only shrinks US options for dealing with North Korea. The US president\u2019s decertification of Tehran\u2019s compliance will be well noted in Pyongyang, giving North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a credible excuse for refusing to negotiate with Washington. 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