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PATRICK LAWRENCE: Trump’s Creaky Door to Peace in the Koreas

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Trump’s Creaky Door to Peace in the Koreas

December 10, 2019 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

The question is, which side betrayed the once-promising prospect of denuclearization and an end of seven decades of flashpoint tension in Northeast Asia. In June 2018, when Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un summitted in Singapore, the American and North Korean…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Regrouping the Nuclear Dealmakers

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Regrouping the Nuclear Dealmakers

June 10, 2019 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

There are three good reasons for Iran to go back to the table, says Patrick Lawrence.  Does the Trump administration want to negotiate peaceably with Iran, or is it intent on bringing the Islamic Republic to its knees while setting…

Peace in Korea is possible: Talks between Trump and Kim Jong-un will define the future

Peace in Korea is possible: Talks between Trump and Kim Jong-un will define the future

April 22, 2018 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Salon

Foreign policy cliques in D.C. are eager to shut down this process: America’s choice is to join or risk isolation A few weeks ago, it was sensible to ask where the Trump administration intended to take the diplomatic process on…

Trump’s summit with Kim could be a breakthrough — if the generals allow it to happen

Trump’s summit with Kim could be a breakthrough — if the generals allow it to happen

March 11, 2018 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Salon

Trump said yes to Kim Jong Un — and threw the foreign policy elite into turmoil. It might be his only good idea Is Washington caught once again with its trou down around its ankles? So it would seem. This…

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