Steve Inskeep talks to Joel Wit, a former U.S. diplomat and now the director of 38 North, a website focused on North Korea analysis, about Tuesday's U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore.
President Trump says he expects to know quickly whether North Korea is serious about surrendering its nuclear weapons. But Pyongyang has fooled the U.S. in the past.
As the relationship between the U.S. and China gets testier, the White House has quietly drawn another player in the region closer. Taiwan has received unprecedented attention from Washington.
Steve Inskeep talks to Richard Haass, former diplomat and president of the Council on Foreign Relations, about the upcoming historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
President Trump is in Singapore preparing for Tuesday's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. And, the European Union announced it is moving forward with retaliatory tariffs against the U.S.
American presidents, from Eisenhower to Trump, have been confounded by North Korea. Isaac Stone Fish of the Asia Society explains the history of their relationship.
To understand what's at stake for the United States in the upcoming summit with North Korea, NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former Ambassador Wendy Sherman and former NATO commander James Stavridis.