North Korean leader Kim Jong Un heads into an upcoming summit with U.S. President Donald Trump believing he is at a distinct advantage, Jung H. Pak, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, warned in a recent interview with NK News.

Pak, a former CIA senior official, said she is skeptical that the U.S. President will go into his second meeting with the DPRK leader well-prepared to navigate the complexity of the denuclearization issue.

“The problem with just leader-to-leader [diplomacy] is that Kim is preparing for this meeting,” Pak, who also works as the SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea