It would consist of incremental and calibrated steps on each side involving a freeze of nuclear operations at the main nuclear complex at Yongbyon in return for partial sanctions relief (what the Chinese refer to as a “freeze-for-freeze” model). Bush’s 2005 to 2007 denuclearization agreements in the Six Party Talks. This is a negotiation similar to what had been done with President Bill Clinton’s 1994 Agreed Framework and President George W. This is an engagement-oriented approach that seeks denuclearization through an accumulation of “mini-deals” rather than a single big deal. Here are the pros and cons of each approach and whether they would appeal to the Biden administration. Regardless of these path-dependent dynamics, the Biden administration’s internal debates will revolve around six core “negotiation models” for denuclearization. If Kim stays quiet, on the other hand, then this might influence the review in a different direction. If Kim Jong-un repeats history, then this will naturally shape a tougher line in the inevitable U.S. It then conducted a ballistic missile event almost weekly in the following month of March. North Korea launched a medium-range ballistic missile in February 2017, three weeks after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, while he was dining with Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe at Mar-a-Lago. Less than three months after President Barack Obama took office, North Korea launched a long-range rocket, and six weeks after that conducted a nuclear test. You can be pretty certain that North Korea will carry out some type of military provocation soon after Joe Biden steps into the Oval Office next month.