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US-North Korea summit agreement is most revealing for what it leaves out

  • Written by Benjamin Habib, Lecturer in International Relations, Department of Politics and Philosophy, La Trobe University
US-North Korea summit agreement is most revealing for what it leaves outNorth Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump were all smiles today, but a meaningful agreement is still a long way off.AAP/Kevin Lim/The Straits Times/SPH

In my preview of the historic US-DPRK summit in Singapore, I asked where Trump and Kim might find lowest common denominator points of agreement to potentially unlock a...