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Hanoi Summit Success Likely to Come at a Cost

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Posted: February 25th, 2019

By Tim Willasey-Wilsey

Tim Willasey-Wilsey served for over 27 years in the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office and is now Visiting Professor of War Studies at King's College, London. His first overseas posting was in Angola during the Cold War followed by Central America during the instability of the late 1980s. He was also involved in the transition to majority rule in South Africa and in the Israel/Palestine issue. His late career was spent in Asia including a posting to Pakistan in the mid 1990s.

The world is watching Hanoi this week as President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un hold their second summit meeting in less than a year.  Critics worry that any declaration of ‘success’ out of the Hanoi meeting will fall short of full denuclearization, something western leaders say is vital and North Korean leaders have been resisting.

Former Senior British Diplomat and Cipher Brief Expert Tim Willasey-Willsey,  offers a non-U.S. expert perspective on the likely costs of success in Hanoi.

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