{"id":4141,"date":"2018-04-03T08:30:01","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T22:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=4141"},"modified":"2018-03-29T19:30:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T09:30:39","slug":"us-north-korea-summit-can-trump-deliver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/us-north-korea-summit-can-trump-deliver\/","title":{"rendered":"US\u2013North Korea Summit: Can Trump deliver?"},"content":{"rendered":"

An armoured train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-un\u00a0pulled into Beijing<\/a>\u00a0on Monday, with a summit with China\u2019s Xi Jinping\u00a0confirmed Wednesday morning by Xinhua. Perhaps Kim came to reassure China that he won\u2019t upend\u00a0regional geopolitics by making\u00a0a dramatic deal with Washington.<\/p>\n

More likely, he explained what Pyongyang is prepared to give up and what they would like in return following talks with the United States. Almost certainly, he discussed what to do if an agreement with the US doesn\u2019t go well.<\/p>\n

On this, the Trump administration should be worried. There is a real risk that President Donald Trump will end up being seen as the bad-faith actor, isolating his country while the two Koreas and China look to find a way out of the current iteration of the nuclear crisis.<\/p>\n

In recent weeks, much analysis has been devoted to the potential summit between Trump and Kim Jong-un. There has been some\u00a0hand-wringing among American pundits<\/a>\u00a0about whether Trump will\u00a0forfeit the alliance with South Korea or agree to withdraw troops in a way that would harm US interests in the region.<\/p>\n

Both scenarios are unlikely given the conservative advice reaching Trump and South Korea\u2019s firm commitment to the alliance. Perhaps of more pressing concern is something both more probable and more mundane than these big-picture issues: what happens if Trump promises something he can\u2019t deliver?<\/p>\n

Please click here to read the full\u00a0\u201cUS\u2013North Korea Summit: Can Trump Deliver?<\/a>\u201d\u00a0article at Real Clear Defence by Griffith Asia Institute Adjunct Research Fellow, Dr Andray Abrahamian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An armoured train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-un\u00a0pulled into Beijing\u00a0on Monday, with a summit with China\u2019s Xi Jinping\u00a0confirmed Wednesday morning by Xinhua. Perhaps Kim came to reassure China that he won\u2019t upend\u00a0regional geopolitics by making\u00a0a dramatic deal with Washington. 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