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Diplomacy in the Land of No Good Options: Assessing North Korea’s Nuclear Doctrine and the Prospects for Denuclearization It is late in 2018, a year that has been characterized by twists and turns in the U.S.-North Korean relationship. It may prove to be a pivotal year in the 70-year history of this tortured relationship. Or, as many pundits predict, it may turn out to be another journey down a rabbit hole that eventually returns us to the status quo. The fundamental question is whether North Korea is prepared to give up its nuclear program and whether the United States and its allies have...

Still developing, brianna, still a lot to learn here, but nevertheless, he is a current soldier stationed in fort riley in kansas, now in custody of the fbi and awaiting to see a judge in kansas. >> that is inchristine blasey ford -- incredibly serious. we know you'll continue to follow it. the president has ordered the pentagon to release some troops with a suspected audi attack on sasudi arabia. the post has come out against this defense, this is what they write. should u.s. troops put their lives on the line for saudi arabia? no. that is what the end board says. tell us why. >> it's very ...

Trying to reach the two sides. he's open to this idea, are you? obviously, it all evaporated. should there be a meeting? >> well, i follow the president's lead on trying to engage in some of these states that we would at least try to start a dialogue. that's what he's trying to do with north korea. i think, by the same token, his maximum pressure strategy is a good strategy. iran hasn't showed any effort i in. the president is right in applying pressure, but also encouraging dialogue. >> neil: when the president says, "sure, i'd be open to it." what was he talking about? >> i'm not really sure...

What we have also accomplished so far. he mentioned the americans who have come home and how they are with their families now. the prisoners, the hostages. we didn't get just nothing talking. we got something. >> no, and that's true but there is a condition to that which is that as we speak -- >> harris: they're home. >> they're home. yeah. but at the same time north korea is perfecting its warhead vehicle, the reentry shielding, the stuff that would allow them to threaten us with icbm, as we talk. so the critical factor from president trump -- he knows that from the intelligence briefing -- t...

Point of a michael's card. this comes at first and senior advisor to the president, ivanka trump visit south korea to attend the closing ceremonies of the winter olympics tomorrow. will the ships squeeze work? - - is a foreign policy analyst. research fellow at the hoover institute. good to see you. it's not a blockade because under international law, potentially, that can be seen as an act of four. these are north korean introductions like wehave seen in the drug war . >> absolutely. this is an important and massive building block in a very deliberate strategy being called, the maximum pressu...