Following the completion of its North Korea policy review in April, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki explained that the Biden administration would embark on a new path distinct from the policies of Obama and Trump, characterized by a “calibrated, practical approach that is open to and will explore diplomacy with the DPRK.”

Since then, few details of this new approach have emerged. While U.S. President Joe Biden has discarded Trump’s top-down approach, the break with Obama’s policy of “strategic patience” is less evident.

In fact, the new administration seems to acknowledge that