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A special report from Neal Conan on the historical background and context for the nuclear standoff with North Korea. 

Trump administration officials will brief the U.S. Senate today on the possibilities of diplomacy and the sobering military problem of a nuclear-armed Korea. Experts say the options are complicated and the consequences are great.

Three experienced foreign policy pros share their insights: 

 former assistant secretary of state, former North Korea negotiator, and former U.S. ambassador to South Korea. Now dean of the Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.

 professor of East Asian studies at Oberlin College, and author of "Brothers at War: The Unending Conflict in Korea."

 CEO of the Center for a New American Security, former under-secretary of defense and now a senior fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center.

, who moderated the discussion, is host of "Truth, Politics and Power" from PRX and is the former host of NPR's "Talk of the Nation."

To listen to their discussion, click the audio player above.

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A look at the possibilities of diplomacy and the sobering military problem of a nuclear-armed North Korea. Experts say the options are complicated and the consequences are great. Three experienced foreign policy pros share some insights.

The possibilities of diplomacy and the sobering military problem of a nuclear-armed North Korea.

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