Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- May 25, 2018

Fred Lucas, Daily Signal: What’s Next: 3 Possible Scenarios on North Korea After Cancellation of Trump-Kim Summit

While North Korea remains unpredictable, lawmakers and foreign policy experts see a narrow way forward after President Donald Trump on Thursday canceled a planned summit with dictator Kim Jong Un.

The summit was set for June 12 in Singapore, but Kim for weeks had threatened to cancel it, and more recently a North Korean official personally insulted Vice President Mike Pence.

A senior White House official told reporters Thursday that the North Korean government’s “trail of broken promises gave the U.S. pause.” That included last week, when the North Koreans “stood up” a U.S. delegation in Singapore and Pyongyang’s canceling a recent meeting with the South Koreans, the official said.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- May 25, 2018

South Korea’s President Moon just got trumped -- William Pesek, Asia Times

The North Korea Summit: Is It Back On? -- TNI Staff

U.S. 'maximum pressure' on North Korea faces test with summit in limbo -- Phil Stewart & Matt Spetalnick, Reuters

Humiliation, surprise, opportunity after US cans North Korea summit -- Andrew Salmon, Asia Times

Why Trump’s cancellation of the North Korea summit may undermine the US-South Korea alliance -- Karl Friedhoff, Bulletin of the

Atominc Scientists

No deal: Inside Trump’s decision to walk on NKorea summit -- Zeke Miller, Catherine Lucey, and Jonathan Lemire, AP

It's Time to Explain the 'Libya Model' -- Paul R. Pillar, National Interest

Taiwan needs to get closer to the US as Beijing steps up the pressure, says ex-minister -- Choi Chi-yuk, SCMP

Power projects under increasing threat in Afghanistan -- Ruchi Kumar and Ajmal Omari, Asia Times

Iraq's election may have had widespread voter fraud -- Michael Rubin, Washington Examiner

Kuwait's careful balancing act with Iran, Saudi Arabia -- Hamad H. Albloshi, Al-Monitor

Armenia’s Revolution and the Karabakh Conflict -- Thomas de Waal, Carnegie Europe

Despite sanctions, Putin is pulling the world back to Russia -- Nathan Hodge, CNN

Deaths and Protests, Still the Kremlin Will Not Budge -- Moscow Times editorial

Why Nicolas Maduro Of Venezuela May Wish He Lost The Presidential Election -- Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes

Venezuela is about to explode -- Matias Vernengo, Al Jazeera