Stephan Haggard on the Panmunjon Declaration
Pessimism about the Trump-Kim summit abounds; Mark Landler's analysis at the New York Times is typical. But if this problem were easy it would have been solved long ago. The North-South summit didn’t actually achieve much because its various initiatives depend on progress on the nuclear issue. We knew that, though, and should stop carping. Stephan Haggard parses the declaration at NKNews.
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Stephan Haggard (PIIE) and Marcus Noland (PIIE)