Team Biden would seek coalition with allies, but outcome not promising
By Robert A. Manning
I knew Pyongyang's quiet couldn't last. Through U.S. President Joe Biden's impressive flurry of Asian diplomacy ― unprecedented Quad summit, 2+2 ministerial meetings, first with Japan, then South Korea, and meeting with Beijing on U.S. soil ― North Korea didn't steal the show.
Robert A. ManningThen the cycle began, right out of the well-worn North Korea playbook for testing new U.S. presidents. First, the cruise missile tests, apparently part of Pyongyang's training cycles. Then the short-range guided ballistic missiles allegedly in response to what where largely tabletop computer U.S.-ROK military exercises.