The Trump Administration needs to carefully pursue diplomacy, including with China, to contain North Korea — but is it capable of doing so?


I joined Monocle 24’s The Briefing on Monday to talk through the challenge to the US Administration by North Korea’s weekend missile test, announced as the Japanese Prime Minister visited Donald Trump at his Florida resort.

How will the Administration respond? How should it respond?

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The other panelist is Aidan Foster-Carter of the University of Leeds.

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TOP PHOTO: Donald Trump at his Florida resort Mar-a-Lago as US and Japanese officials react to North Korea missile test