"The biggest obstacle with the denuclearization process right now is getting one side to budge from their entrenched position first," Ferrier said, adding that the announcement of a second summit "suggests that the U.S. is more open to a step-by-step process, which will help keep talks going."
Positive development emerged from both the DPRK and the U.S. sides after the Singapore summit, at which Washington pledged it would provide a security guarantee to Pyongyang in return for the latter's commitment to denuclearization.
Since the summit, the DPRK has halted nuclear and ballistic missile tests, dismantled the Tongchang-ri missile engine test site, and resumed the handover of the remains of U.S. soldiers who were buried in the DPRK during the war.
The United States, for its part, has suspended some of its joint military drills with South Korea. Earlier this month, the State Department signaled its intention to ease restrictions on humanitarian aid destined for the DPRK, allowing U.S. and international aid groups to deliver the assistance and supplies, according to reports by Foreign Policy magazine.
However, discussions between Washington and Pyongyang have reached a low after the Singapore summit failed to yield substantive results.
"For the moment, diplomacy remains preferable to alternatives. Talking has achieved more than symbolic gains," Patrick Cronin, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, wrote in an article published Monday on the Foreign Policy magazine's website.
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