Inside Sources:
The third iteration of a U.S.-North Korean rapprochement with a third generation dictator is missing one thing: nuclear brinkmanship.
While applying the maximum pressure of sanctions, President Trump has been willing to engage in one-on-one talks with Kim Jong-Un. On the other hand, Trump is far more confident of averting a nuclear doomsday scenario than any of his predecessors in office. American negotiators today, and in the future, can take comfort that the nation’s ballistic missile defense system will deter incoming nuclear missiles and with limited collateral damage.
Today, America fights an ideological cold war and minor hot wars with multiple enemies: communists, neo-czarists and jihadists. The emerging missile capabilities of Iran, the declared missile capabilities of North Korea and Pakistan, and the militaries of China and Russia are closing their technological gap with the United States.
