Journal article

Kim and Trump: New strategic calculations

Pages 45 to 54

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  • Godement, F.
(2018). Kim and Trump: New Strategic Calculations. Pouvoirs, No 167(4), 45-54. https://doi.org/10.3917/pouv.167.0045.

  • Godement, François.
« Kim and Trump: New strategic calculations ». Pouvoirs, 2018/4 No 167, 2018. p.45-54. CAIRN.INFO, droit.cairn.info/journal-pouvoirs-2018-4-page-45?lang=en.

  • GODEMENT, François,
2018. Kim and Trump: New strategic calculations. Pouvoirs, 2018/4 No 167, p.45-54. DOI : 10.3917/pouv.167.0045. URL : https://droit.cairn.info/journal-pouvoirs-2018-4-page-45?lang=en.

https://doi.org/10.3917/pouv.167.0045


English

Poker game or fools’ game? We seem to be at a loss for words to qualify the speedy sequence of contacts which led to the June 2018 Kim-Trump summit in Singapore and the resumption of active negotiations at Pyongyang under the leadership of the American Secretary of State. The strategic stakes of both protagonists—Kim Jong-un’s probable concern to avoid a total control from China and Donald Trump’s concern to limit a future engagement of the United States in a conflict in the Korean peninsula—represent the main, and maybe the only reasons to hope for real progress.

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