Why the Next North Korea Crisis May Bring Less Fire and Fury
- Brinkmanship less attractive to Trump, Kim this time around
- Kim to calibrate provocations as year-end ‘deadline’ nears
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U.S. President Donald Trump is trading insults with Kim Jong-un, North Korea is launching missiles and no one’s talking about disarmament. It’s beginning to feel like the days of “fire and fury” are here again.
Or maybe not. While Kim’s nuclear arsenal is believed to have only grown more dangerous in the two years since Trump last threatened to “totally destroy” the country, the geopolitical landscape has shifted in ways that may make the brinkmanship of 2017 less attractive to both men.