The world's hotspots spiralling out of control

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : In 2018, Trump became the first US president to ever meet a North Korean leader, coming face to face with Kim Jong Un at a summit in Singapore in a landmark moment heralded by analysts as Washington recognising the so-called Hermit Kingdom as a legitimate state.
57% : Iran had capped its nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief and other key provisions as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed in 2015, but kickstarted nuclearisation efforts anew after the US backed out of the deal under Donald Trump three years later.
47% : Trump and Kim met again in 2019 for a historic handshake in the demilitarised zone splitting the Korean peninsula - but weeks later their talks went off the rails.
25% : But analysts are split over what such support might look like and whether Trump will give Israel free rein to continue its military offensives in Gaza and Lebanon - or push Netanyahu to bring the conflict to a swift, albeit potentially brutal, close.

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