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Lyle Goldstein

Lyle Goldstein is director of Asia engagement at Defense Priorities. Goldstein serves concurrently as director of the China Initiative and senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University.

The world should welcome Xi Jinping’s efforts to improve ties with North Korea

China’s ‘neighborhood’ diplomacy is less about building an anti-US axis than pushing for a less destabilizing DPRK

Lyle GoldsteinJune 17, 2026

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The world should welcome Xi Jinping’s efforts to improve ties with North Korea

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