The Trump Kim Summit at Hanoi last month was destined to fail due to uncompromising stands of both parties. The Washington Post report of March 06, 2019 suggests that the rebuilding work at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station started either just before or immediately after the breakdown of a summit meeting between President Trump and North … Continue reading Trump-Kim Summit II – Failed Gamble
Trump –Kim Summit: Gamble beyond Optics. Will it succeed? Updated
While US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo may pat his back under the pressure of optics to deliver on North Korean front, by calling his two days talks as 'productive' but the North Korean perception of 'US Stance as regrettable, gangster-like and cancerous' clearly indicates wide gap in expectations of both towards each other. The South … Continue reading Trump –Kim Summit: Gamble beyond Optics. Will it succeed? Updated
Nuclear Free North Korea! Needs Decoding beyond optics
Sharing my editorial published in Financial Chronicle and other news portals. The April 27 summit of Korean leaders’ has been covered extensively by the media, highlighting their pledge to end their six decades of hostility. Airing their rhetoric about commitment to peace and “complete” denuclearisation of Korean peninsula and eventually achieve unification, looks too good, … Continue reading Nuclear Free North Korea! Needs Decoding beyond optics
North Korea Blinks: Is it Real or a Ploy to Minimise Sanctions?
Sharing my article published in the Journal of the United Service Institution of India, Vol. CXLVIII, No. 611, January-March 2018. As the world waits for the Trump-Kim Summit, preceded by the flip-flop by all sides to keep the Summit alive is a compulsion in light of lack of alternatives. There is no meeting point. US is unlikely to concede to N … Continue reading North Korea Blinks: Is it Real or a Ploy to Minimise Sanctions?
Sanctions on North Korea and Kim’s ‘Sports Diplomacy: Is Kim acting Smart?
Opinion: Is sports diplomacy a new game plan of North Korea? Sharing my opinion published on WION News on 18 Jan 18 as "Opinion: Is sports diplomacy a new game plan of North Korea?" Two contradictory events set an uneven … Continue reading Sanctions on North Korea and Kim’s ‘Sports Diplomacy: Is Kim acting Smart?
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