With a second summit between United States President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un imminent, a scenario that was once not open for discussion in Washington - that the international community will eventually have to accept North Korea as a nuclear power - seems more realistic than a denuclearised North Korea.
The US' intelligence assessment of the threat from North Korea has not changed in years.
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