President Donald Trump and North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un have arrived in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi, where will they will bring their countries together in an attempt to once and for all put an end to the first and most enduring conflict of the Cold War. The meeting—only the second of its kind in history—follows up the landmark Singapore summit in June 2018. Since then, both sides have expressed little public change in their respective stances, at times still seemingly worlds apart as they attempt to forge their denuclearization-for-peace deal. In recent days, however, Trump has discussed the prospects of “ultimately” seeing North Korea abandon its nuclear weapons and of being “in no particular rush”—signs that the second point of contention may be prioritized in the short-term. In addition to sanctions relief, Kim is looking to secure an official declaration that the technically-ongoing war between the United States and its South Korean allies on one side and North Korea on the other, is over. Should a formal end be put to these hostilities, the likelihood of conflict is reduced and Kim may, in theory, no longer feel the need to argue in favor of maintaining the nuclear…