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Trump’s North Korea Gamble Is a Real-Time Experiment

Here’s how the president’s bets look when viewed through the lens of behavioral economics.
Source: Kevin Lamarque / Reuters

It may be difficult to discern given the high baseline of histrionic pronouncements by the White House, but President Trump’s policy toward North Korea is one of escalating claims for success. While non-proliferation experts and diplomats have that the administration needs to be more realistic in its expectations, the administration has been doing the exact opposite. Trump’s method has been by a prominent expert on nuclear issues as “a bold

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