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March 9, 2018

North Korea Experts Stunned Yet Cautiously Optimistic About Trump-Kim Meeting

Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with the Huffington Post about a potential U.S.-North Korean summit.

 

“Honestly, it was stunning. I don’t think you’d be able to find anyone who follows this issue closely that would’ve predicted that announcement tonight,” said Alexandra Bell, the senior policy director at The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. “I would say that my feelings on the issues are guarded optimism.”

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Bell noted that, whatever happens between the U.S. and North Korea, the Trump administration would be well advised to staff up its diplomatic corps. The U.S. is still without an ambassador in South Korea, more than a year into Trump’s presidency.

“It’s going to be a complex and difficult and frustrating road ahead,” Bell noted. “The nature of these negotiations … there’s probably going to be a lot more bad days than there are good. They should have an ambassador in Seoul yesterday. There’s really no excuse for not having one already.” Read more

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