{"id":34580,"date":"2018-05-29T06:03:46","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T11:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=34580"},"modified":"2018-05-29T06:03:46","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T11:03:46","slug":"sanctioning-the-world-the-us-inadvertently-locks-launches-multipolarism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=34580","title":{"rendered":"Sanctioning the World, the US Inadvertently \u2018Locks & Launches\u2019 Multipolarism"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Sanctioning<\/p>\n

Sanctioning the World, the US Inadvertently \u2018Locks & Launches\u2019 Multipolarism<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n

The commemorative medal had already been cast and published. It depicts profiles of Trump and Jong Un, facing each other, at the 12th<\/sup> June historic meeting – at which Jong Un was supposed to disavow and discard his nuclear armament, irreversibly, and then to accept Trump\u2019s gracious benediction.\u00a0The meeting now is moot (and, since drafting, has been cancelled, blindsiding both Moon and Abe), leaving in its wake, a frustrated and angry Trump. And, as we prefigured earlier, instead of realising that Team Trump had not been listening adequately to what Jong Un was signalling, Trump now\u00a0blames Xi<\/a>\u00a0for upsetting \u2018the deal\u2019 from being struck.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s\u00a0Global Times\u00a0makes the point<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe US unilaterally demands prompt peninsular denuclearization before it provides compensation to Pyongyang. China will not oppose such a deal between the US and North Korea. However, can Washington achieve it? Pyongyang has just given an answer \u2026 It would be OK if Washington pressures Pyongyang to gain an edge in negotiations, but Washington should think twice about the possibility of pushing the\u00a0Korean Peninsula\u00a0back to fierce antagonism.<\/em><\/p>\n

It is clear from China’s perspective that the US has overestimated its weight in forcing North Korea to accept its demands. The US has forgotten the awkward situation it was in last year when it could not stop North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests, and the difficulty of taking military action against North Korea.<\/em><\/p>\n

The US has always believed it was duped by North Korea, which is, in fact, far from correct. The US was responsible for the aborted peninsula resolutions, multiple times.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Irritated too, by harsh comments made by\u00a0\u2018trade hawks\u2019\u00a0on the lack of tangible result in trade negotiations with China (Steve Bannon, for example, told\u00a0Bloomberg<\/a>\u00a0that Trump\u00a0“changed the dynamic regarding China –<\/p>\n

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