Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 1, 2019

President Donald Trump looks on during the extended bilateral meeting with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un in the Metropole hotel in Hanoi, February 28. REUTERS/Leah Millis

James Jay Carafano, FOX News: North Korea summit ends with no deal but Trump's move sent a message that matters – What will Kim do now?

The Hanoi Summit was the latest gambit in President Trump’s unprecedented diplomatic effort to negotiate away North Korea’s nuclear weapons. It concluded without a signing ceremony. That’s neither a loss nor a win for the president.

There were four possible outcomes for the huddle in Hanoi.

First, the incredibly remote “grand slam” possibility: an inked deal in which North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un made a real commitment to denuclearize, with verification.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 1, 2019

Both Koreas put positive spin on failed summit -- Andrew Salmon, Asia Times

Did Trump team miss signals about Hanoi summit’s chance for success? -- Christopher Hill, The Hill

What's next for US-North Korea ties after Hanoi summit failure? -- Faras Ghani, Al Jazeera

Forget Trump and Kim – North Korea’s first sister Kim Yo-jong lurks, hovers and steals the spotlight -- Crystal Tai, SCMP

Rival leaders need to play safe in Kashmir -- SCMP editorial

To resolve the crisis in Kashmir, Modi and Khan must discount short-term gains -- Farzana Shaikh, New Statesman

Pakistani deep state miscalculates on India -- Prakash Katoch, Asia Times

The Next India-Pakistan Crisis Will Be Worse -- Michael Kugelman, National Interest

Will Washington's Syria Policy Fail? -- Seth J. Frantzman, National Interest

A Looming Peace for Afghanistan’s Long Hard War? -- Robert Cassidy, E-International Relations

China wants to make the Communist Party 'cool' again with digital propaganda, but is it working? -- Michael Walsh and Jason Fang, ABC News Online

Europe Crosses Its Fingers on Algeria -- Bobby Ghosh, Bloomberg

Breaking point: can either Labour or the Tories survive Brexit? -- James Forsyth, The Spectator

Osama bin Laden's son Hamza emerging as new al-Qaeda leader -- Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today

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