1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i North Korea: What 18 Months of Diplomacy Has and Has Not Achieved Mark E. Manyin, Coordinator Specialist in Asian Affairs Emma Chanlett-Avery Specialist in Asian Affairs Mary Beth D. Nikitin Specialist in Nonproliferation
2、Dianne E. Rennack Specialist in Foreign Policy Legislation August 5, 2019 Overview Since President Trump agreed in March 2018 to hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to discuss North Koreas nuclear and missile programs, the Trump Administrations strategy has appeared to be based on the
3、 presumption that developing a leader-to-leader relationship will produce more results than the working-group approaches taken by previous administrations. Trump and Kim have held three meetings: in Singapore (June 2018); Hanoi (February 2019); and Panmunjom (June 2019). Since March 2018, Kim also h
4、as met on five occasions with Chinese President Xi Jinping, three with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, and one with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Overall, these diplomatic efforts have produced a marked reduction in tensions on the Korean Peninsula, and Trump and Kim appear to have developed
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