Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 8, 2018

South Korea’s national security chief, Chung Eui-yong, briefs US President Donald Trump at the Oval Office about his visit to North Korea, in Washington, on March 8, 2018. Photo: The Presidential Blue House / Yonhap via Reuters

Andrew Salmon, Asia Times: History in the making: US president to meet North Korean leader

Weighty questions hang over what Kim and Trump can offer each other, but their agreement to meet and talk is an unprecedented diplomatic landmark

US President Donald Trump agreed on Thursday evening, Washington-time, to meet North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un by the end of May.

The agreement – an historic one – was made following a briefing to Trump, and was itself followed by a speech delivered on the White House grounds by South Korean National Security Advisor Chung Eui-yong, who earlier this week met Kim in Pyongyang.

During his briefing of Trump, Chung quoted the North’s leader as saying, “I will be able to produce a big outcome if I meet and talk to President Donald Trump,” Yonhap reports.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 8, 2018

A look at what’s ahead in a landmark Trump-Kim summit -- Kim Tong-Hyung, AP

US: Trump decision to meet Kim leader validates his approach -- Darlene Superville and Foster Klug, AP

What Trump Can Learn from Madeleine Albright About North Korea Talks -- Eli Lake, Bloomberg

Analyst: North Korea weapons a 'political deterrent' for regime -- Elizabeth Shim, UPI

Peace in Our Time on the Korean Peninsula? -- Doug Bandow, National Interest

The Myth of Chinese Containment -- John Hemmings, The Interpreter

‘China will try to avoid trade war with US but will retaliate if it must’ -- Doug Tsuruoka, Asia Times

Tensions Between China and U.S. Run Deeper Than Just Trade -- Enda Curran and Chris Anstey, Bloomberg

Are US-Pakistan Relations Back on Track? -- The Diplomat

Baathism Caused the Chaos in Iraq and Syria -- Robert Kaplan, Foreign Policy

The Return of the Euro Crisis -- Value Walk

Canada can’t win a trade war with the United States -- Sylvain Charlebois, The Conversation

Is the US Ready for a Trade War? -- Scott Kennedy, Yale Global

Why Trump’s ‘trade war’ makes strategic sense -- Daniel McCarthy, Spectator

Why Brazil's Strict Gun Laws Have Misfired -- Mac Margolis, Bloomberg

Spike in African Terrorism Highlights the Importance of Jihadist Innovation -- Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, War On The Rocks