This fall, we went to North Korea on a quest to understand whether war is inevitable, whether there is a real chance .

Along with Op-Ed columnist Nicholas Kristof and editorial writer Carol Giacomo, we arrived in the world’s most isolated country as tensions between it and the United States were at their highest in a generation. In a sign of continuing escalation, just today, North Korea launched another ballistic missile.

While we were preparing for our trip, President Trump was telling the United Nations that the United States may be forced to “totally destroy North Korea.” The country responded by organizing a series of huge anti-American parades.

