|
President Donald Trump has made it clear that he has no intentions of
holding another summit with Chairman Kim Jong-un. With the 2020 U.S.
presidential election around the corner, North Korean nuclear weapons
still remain an imminent threat to the United States and its allies. In his
commentary, Professor Andrew Yeo of the Catholic University of America
illustrates how U.S.-North Korea relations will likely proceed under the
leadership of different presidential candidates. Assuming Kim Jong-un
returns to the negotiation table, Professor Yeo suggests that future
nuclear talks with the United States are more likely under a progressive
Democratic leader such as Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren in the
White House. On the other hand, developments in U.S.-North Korea
relations are highly unlikely if Donald Trump wins his second term, or if a
centrist Democratic candidate such as Michael Bloomberg and Joe Biden
is elected. [Read Commentary]
|
