Month: August 2025

North Korea and the upcoming U.S.-ROK, U.S.-Russia summits

(My interview today, along with Dr. Goh; we also discuss impact of a Trump-Putin summit on North Korea) From military warnings to global maneuvers: Is North Korea poised for a strategic shift? | Arirang News http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGMA…

Dr. Mark P. Barry ☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-08-12T12:36:38.031Z

After watching coverage of the Putin-Trump meeting today, Kim Jong Un surely is telling himself he should never waste any more time dealing with Trump. He can tell the man who wrote 'The Art of the Deal' is in fact utterly incapable of making a real political deal between two nations.

Dr. Mark P. Barry ☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-08-16T02:44:01.287Z

'There was a pathos to the whole event because if you watched closely, particularly during the closing press conference, it appeared Trump understood this as well. He was low-energy. He seemed defeated. He was going through the motions.' http://www.thedailybeast.com/why-trumps-l…

Dr. Mark P. Barry ☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-08-16T14:20:05.779Z

"Trump does not grasp the scale of the Ukrainian crisis… Moscow's objective is of a different nature. It concerns the denial of an entire nation, the assertion of a sphere of influence and endangering the security of the entire continent." | Le Monde http://www.lemonde.fr/en/internati…

Dr. Mark P. Barry ☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-08-17T23:21:19.744Z

Photo at top: President Trump meets Russian President Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025.