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Power Problems • March 12, 2019 

# Failure (to Launch?): Donald Trump in Hanoi 

Donald Trump’s second summit with Kim Jong Un has come and gone, this time in abject failure. Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall are joined by Harry Kazianis of the Center for the National Interest to discuss where U.S.-North Korean relations go from here.

- [Harry Kazianis bio](https://cftni.org/expert/harry-kazianis/)
- "[A Top Trump Official May Have Just Doomed US-North Korea Talks](https://www.vox.com/2019/3/8/18256179/north-korea-nuclear-trump-kim-step)," *Vox*, March 8, 2019
- "[Dealing with North and South Korea: Can Washington Square the Circle?](https://www.cato.org/events/dealing-with-north-and-south-korea)" Cato Institute Capitol Hill Briefing

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##### Harry J. Kazianis 

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##### [Emma Ashford](/people/emma-ashford)

Senior Fellow, Stimson Center

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##### [A. Trevor Thrall](/people/trevor-thrall)

Former Senior Fellow, Defense and Foreign Policy Department, Cato Institute

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