Is Vietnam Facilitating US-North Korea Talks?

Pyongyang’s traditional benefactors are not as reliable as they once were.

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North Korea lies athwart the interests of the world’s most important geopolitical actors – namely, the United States, China and Russia. The government in Pyongyang plays its bilateral relationships with these countries off one another as part of its broader strategy to ensure the survival of the Kim regime and to forestall complete economic collapse. […]

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