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Nate Kerkhoff
Nate Kerkhoff studies international security at Yonsei Graduate School for International Studies in Seoul. He is a Young Scholar at the Pacific Forum at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Opinion
The “Art of the Deal” and Kim Jong Un: how Donald Trump negotiates
The President stakes a lot on his negotiation skills - but will they work on North Korea?
Even before the White House announced Singapore on June 12 as the location and date for the summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and American president Donald Trump, pundits and scholars had been analyzing this historic meeting from all angles.
Between what is guaranteed to be massive pomp and a dizzying amount of photos ops, the two leaders will actually sit across from one another and engage in talks, with the main subject likely to be the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. How these talks will go is anyone’s guess, but a look at Trump’s negotiations as an American President can serve as one basis for analysis.
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