Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 25, 2019

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Daniel R. DePetris, National Interest: Give Trump a Chance on North Korea

For the first time since former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright jetted to Pyongyang to meet Kim Jong-il 18 years ago, there is a chance - however slim - for the United States and North Korea to establish a relationship that is categorized as something other than hostile and adversarial. We should give the administration the freedom to prove many of us wrong.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 25, 2019

Negotiations, nukes and Nobels: All you need to know about the Kim-Trump summit in Vietnam -- Andrew Salmon, Asia Times

Trump’s modest expectations are realistic -- Robert E. McCoy, Asia Times

Trump-Kim summit 2019: From Singapore to Canada, fans of North Korea praise its ‘juche’ ideology and supreme leader -- John Power, SCMP

Worry about US-SKorea alliance grows before Trump-Kim summit -- Hyung-Jin Kim, AP

How many IS foreign fighters are left in Iraq and Syria? -- BBC

The War in South Asia -- Kevin D. Williamson, National Review

How US trade negotiators are misreading China while ignoring America’s dangerously low savings rate -- Stephen Roach, SCMP

Here’s How Putin’s Russia Is Rebuilding the Iron Curtain -- Anna Nemtsova, Daily Beast

Inside Trump's Venezuela pivot -- Jonathan Swan, Axios

Venezuela crisis: Who is buying its oil now? -- Jack Goodman BBC

After the fight for humanitarian aid, what next for Venezuela’s opposition? -- Katy Watson, BBC

What's the Trump Doctrine? Depends who you ask -- Analysis by Michael Warren, Zachary Cohen and Michelle Kosinski, CNN

Donald Trump needs to remain calm this week, but the Mueller report's release could infuriate him -- Zoe Daniel and Emily Olson, ABC News Online

Ukraine at crossroads five years after 'revolution of dignity' -- Mansur Mirovalev, Al Jazeera

Cold War 2.0? Northern Europe and the threat from Russia -- Juliette Lacharnay and Christophe Leon, France 24