The new decade is about to start under many shadows, but none is more ominous than North Koreas threat to return to nuclear and long-range missile tests after a two-year lull.
Pyongyangs pendulum swing from enthusiastic summit diplomacy back to name-calling and threats comes as Donald Trump is increasingly focused on his re-election campaign.
That may be a good thing, as the US president will be wary of provoking a crisis to spoil his narrative of peace and prosperity.
Or it could be a very bad thing: Kim Jong-un could seek to exploit a moment of maximum leverage and miscalculate.
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