Cameron Munter, President and CEO of the EastWest Institute, discusses the motives of Kim Jong-Un in the esclating nuclear tensions with North Korea in a recent article by The New York Times.

"There is a certain universality of wanting to be recognized and respected," said Munter. "And because Americans take this for granted, they don't see just how deeply motivating that search for respect can be."

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