We shouldn't expect them all to be the same. But off my soapbox, back to North Korea. In the North Korean context, what we've seen over the last several decades has been an escalation up as they continue to develop their nuclear program. That really is part of the existential threat being asked to give up nuclear proliferation. In many ways, there's a degree of rationality there that they have seen other leaders give up nuclear capabilities and lose power. The other big challenge is so many resources have gone into building up this nuclear program that the population might be very unhappy if suddenly they were told they had to give it up. Where we are now is that Kim Jong-un, as his predecessors have done, is really testing out the new U.S. president. We may in the U.S. not think that the president is that new anymore, but this is part of a cycle. Each time around, North Korea's nuclear capabilities are more extensive. Where are we now? We've had several missile tests to show the (4/45)
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