, associate professor of government, writes about the politics behind the potential U.S.-North Korea talks in this .
"Of course, some commentators have already noted parallels with President Richard Nixon鈥檚 1972 opening to China, even if not all observers are convinced that the analogy is apt from a geopolitical perspective," Kreps write, along with co-authors Elizabeth N. Saunders, a former Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Kenneth A. Schultz, professor of political science at Stanford University. "But a host of research, including our in World Politics, suggests that Trump may not gain as much leverage from his hawkish stance on North Korea as the 鈥淣ixon-to-China鈥 phenomenon suggests 鈥 and that he may not find it as simple to walk Nixon鈥檚 path as he expects."
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