North Korea is rapidly developing intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) that will, one day soon, be capable of hitting the continental United States. 

There is talk in certain quarters that the North may use this potential to force the U.S. to choose between Seoul and San Francisco, and if pressed, the Trump administration, or the one that succeeds it, will bow to Pyongyang’s demands.

It is really not clear whether this is actually what the North wants, or whether the United States would risk its global standing with all its other allies in such a dramatic way. 

There is a chance