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Odd Arne Westad is the S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations at Harvard University, where he teaches at the Kennedy School of Government. He won the Bancroft Prize for his book, The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times.
As Trump tweets us closer to war, a look back at North Korean nationalism may provide an out.
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