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Power Problems • May 29, 2018 

# To Summit or Not to Summit? Trump and North Korea 

Show description: In a special 2‑part episode, Emma Ashford, Trevor Thrall, and new co-host, Sahar Kahn, discuss North Korea and the prospects for a nuclear summit with Cato Policy Analyst Eric Gomez.

- Guest bio: [Eric Gomez](https://www.cato.org/people/eric-gomez)
- [Power Problems Episode #4, September 19, 2017: Kim Jong Trump](https://www.cato.org/multimedia/power-problems/kim-jong-trump)
- [Eric Gomez, “Not Quite Back to the Drawing Board with North Korea”](https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/not-quite-back-drawing-board-north-korea)
- [Eric Gomez, “Keep Calm and Summit On”](https://www.cato.org/blog/keep-calm-summit)

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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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##### [Sahar Khan](/people/sahar-khan)

Former Research Fellow, Cato Institute

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##### [Eric Gomez](/people/eric-gomez)

Senior Fellow, Defense and Foreign Policy, Cato Institute

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