Dealing with North Korea: Lessons from the Iran Nuclear Negotiations

摘要

The Trump administration's recently completed North Korea policy review calls for "maximum pressure" on Pyongyang, but leaves open room for engagement. Although President Donald Trump warned in an interview in late April that "a major, major conflict" with the North was possible, he also said he would prefer a diplomatic outcome. Following "Track 2" talks in Oslo in May, a senior North Korean diplomat, Choe Son Hui, told reporters that his country is open to dialogue with the United States "under the right conditions." The task at hand is to find out what the right conditions might be.