Donald Trump has leverage. Pyongyang wants something he has to help with the parlous state of the North Korean economy.
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James Amedeo is a Research Assistant for the Asia Studies Centre at the Henry Jackson Society. He is also a graduate student at the Institute of World Politics in Washington D.C where he is studying Statecraft and National Security Affairs. He has written on North Korea and Northeast Asian security dynamics for East Asia Forum, National Interest, and the Lowy Institute digital magazine The Interpreter.