Plenty of attention has been paid to the perils of the likely US–North Korea summit, but little has been said about the risks Trump would have faced had he declined Pyongyang’s offer.
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Kristian McGuire is an independent, Washington-based research analyst and associate editor of Taiwan Security Research. His main research interests include US–Taiwan relations, cross-Strait relations, and East Asian regional security. Kristian’s work has appeared in The Diplomat, Newsweek, South China Morning Post, Asia Times, and TSR Weekly Report.