North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may not be happy with his status on the global stage these days. Pyongyang had hoped to wriggle out of strangling UN sanctions by returning to bilateral talks with the United States and multilateral negotiations with six nations. But Washington’s primary concerns have veered away from Asia, the Korean Peninsula and North Korea. During his first term, President Barack Obama championed the Pivot-to-Asia policy, and after he won his second term, his administration steered decisively toward the Middle East. What has been known as Washington’s “strategic patience” toward North Korea is turning into a “strategic neglect” as Palestinian and Syrian issues dominate foreign affairs in Washington today.
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