https://www.scmp.com/rss/326136/feed Patricia M. Kim is the Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Dr Kim specialises in Chinese foreign policy, US-China relations, and East Asian security issues. Her current research portfolio includes projects on the North Korean nuclear crisis and the future of the Korean peninsula, and the United States and China's competition for influence in East Asia. Before joining the Council on Foreign Relations, she held fellowships with the Princeton-Harvard China and the... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The Korean peninsula has never been closer to the possibility of armed conflict since perhaps the outbreak of the ­Korean war, nearly 70 years ago. In 2017 alone, North Korea tested 20 missiles, three of which were intercontinental ballistic missiles, in addition to carrying out its sixth and largest nuclear test. Given Pyongyang’s relentless race to ­develop a nuclear weapon that can strike the US mainland, and President Donald Trump’s remark that “it won’t happen”, the prospects for a peaceful... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2126078/why-trump-needs-china-onside-make-kim-jong-un-north-korea?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2126078/why-trump-needs-china-onside-make-kim-jong-un-north-korea?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Dec 2017 03:36:35 +0000