June 06, 2023
Columns

In Biden’s Washington, North Korea barely moves the needle

Strategic patience dominates the minds of the decision-makers, and this is not going to change any time soon

As long-term readers are aware, in the past, yours truly has occasionally published short reports about my trips abroad and conversations about North Korea with policymakers in various countries. 

The pandemic put a pause on these international meetings, but I finally managed to visit Washington, D.C. last month, finding a peculiar and strange ghost town of sorts where most still preferred to work remotely.