Paul Musgrave, political science, says the recent heightening of tension and sharp rhetoric between the U.S. and North Korea is different from past episodes. He says President Donald J. Trump spends much less time with his foreign policy advisors than previous presidents and those advisors have less experience dealing with crises. "For 25 years, we've been in a relatively dangerous situation, but now these two things have happened. Both of them happening simultaneously raises the possibility of miscommunication, of miscalculation," he says. Still, Musgrave says he thinks diplomacy will be needed to lower tensions. (Gazette, 8/10/17)