The summit in Singapore was, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, not the end of isolation. But it is, perhaps, the beginning of a new relationship with North Korea, the US, and the world.

Candide, the hero of Voltaire’s 1759 satire, was educated in Baron Thunder-ten-Tronckh’s castle in Westphalia. There, Dr. Pangloss taught him to believe that ours is the “best of all possible worlds.” 

Hoover Institution fellow Michael McFaul insists there's no reason for Trump to talk about Kim Jong-un "like your new best friend" after their summit on Tuesday.  

Hoover Institution fellow Kiron Skinner discusses the impact of the progress made in the US-North Korea summit.