Trump and Kim What would success look like? (Thread) According to a former US official with extensive experience of negotiations with North Korea, Evans Revere, three signs of success would be:
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1. Closing the gap on opposing definitions of denuclearization – it's NOT likely that Pyongyang will settle for Washington’s demand of ‘complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization’ – Kim giving up the thing his country has suffered so much for won’t come easily
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2. If the US can attain a few more goodwill gestures from North Korea such as the recent blowing up of tunnels and observation towers at nuclear test sites, on the list would be a moratorium on intercontinental ballistic missiles and a declaration of all existing nuclear holdings
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3. Conclude the summit with a clear path forward, one that doesn’t stretch this process into decades. An agreement will require clear milestones and an arbiter.
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