ABC News Online: Why did Donald Trump announce Vietnam as host of the second North Korea summit?
During his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump announced that Vietnam would host his second summit with North Korea's Kim Jong-un — a move that some pundits view as Hanoi's bid to buttress itself against encroaching Chinese power.
Washington's goal for the late February talks is for North Korea to agree give up its nuclear weapons, but Pyongyang wants the Korean peninsula rid of nuclear weapons all together — including the US's arsenal stationed in South Korea.
The decision to stage the summit in Vietnam, a state that has communist rule and a free market economy in co-existence, has potent symbolic potential in an era of changing regional power dynamics.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 6, 2019
Trump to meet Kim in Vietnam as envoys thrash out issues -- Andrew Salmon, Asia Times
Getting a better outcome from the second Trump-Kim summit -- Robert E. Kelly, The Interpreter
China's Slowdown Is Hitting Where It Hurts: Employment -- Yu Zhongxin, The Diplomat
China Turned Upside Down -- Weijian Shan, Foreign Affairs
Preparing for a “Decent Chance” of Success and Failure with North Korea -- Patrick M. Cronin and Kristine Lee, 38 North
Donald Trump's audacious claims on North Korea are the hardest to reject -- John Barron, Al Jazeera
North Korea and America’s Second Summit: We Asked 76 Experts to Predict the Results -- National Interest
‘Tired’ Taliban fights on as US is desperate to leave Afghanistan -- Bill Roggio, Long War Journal
Mixed feelings in Afghanistan over US-Taliban talks -- Al Jazeera
Trump says 'it's time' to end Afghan war - can he? -- AFP
The Trump Administration Is Right to Seek a Peace Deal in Afghanistan -- Paul R. Pillar, National Interest
Top Foreign Policy Takeaways From Trump's SOTU -- R. Gramer & A. Mackinnon, Foreign Policy
Trump Shows Why He Can’t Be Counted Out -- Peter Beinart, The Atlantic
Germany plans military spending hike, but is it enough to appease NATO? -- Austin Davis & Maximiliane Koschyk, DW
Backing Maduro could be costly for Moscow -- Giovanni Pigni, Asia Times
Using Huawei technology is a matter of faith -- Andreas Becker, DW
