Peter Beck
Peter Beck
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The two parties agreed to disagree and papered over the differences. It will take a long time before North Korea will be accepted as a responsible member of the international community, at least 2 years.
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As time goes on, I am expecting, I am waiting for North Korea to act in a provocative manner, to lash out verbally, potentially even with a missile or even a nuclear test. Especially as Washington continues to try to squeeze them, and they are going to look for a way to get the world's attention by saying or doing something that is provocative.
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This has reinforced everything we feared about North Korea's promises, but no one expected them to shove it in everyone's faces within 24 hours. It doesn't mean they're ripping up the piece of paper, they just like to keep everyone guessing.
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It's getting darker by the day. We are slowly moving towards a showdown with North Korea.
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That's a non-negotiating point. It's demands like these that have me worried there may be a lack of progress in the peace process.
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The very nature of sweeping reforms would be inherently destabilizing to the regime. So it's more likely they would be halting reforms.
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It looks like Tehran has taken a page out of Pyongyang's brinkmanship playbook.
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The risk of this agreement is exactly what many hawks in Washington had warned about. You reduce the sense of urgency and let people grow comfortable with the status quo.
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Any American who watches Korea in Washington will watch closely how it will unfold.
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It shows at least on the surface that the North would like to embrace China's reforms.
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China currently holds the biggest potential carrot and stick with the North.
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I think the visit will ultimately help them bring North Korea back to the table, but I'm not sure Pyongyang is serious about negotiating.
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The bottom line is, they are many years away from food self-sufficiency. If they push the public distribution too far, they could easily be looking at another famine.