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From Pyongyang to Tehran, Jerusalem and Back

| June 14, 2018

With North Korea agreeing, at least in principle, to complete nuclear dismantlement (they have failed to live up to similar commitments before), a comparative threshold has been set.

Pyongyang is about as far from Israel geographically and psychologically as possible. Israelis could therefore be excused if they thought that the outcome of the recent summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore had little direct importance for them.

However, it has wide ranging ramifications for Israel....

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For Academic Citation: Freilich, Chuck.“From Pyongyang to Tehran, Jerusalem and Back.” The Jerusalem Post, June 14, 2018.

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Chuck Freilich

Chuck Freilich

  • Former Senior Fellow, International Security Program, January 2006–October 2019
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