The decision on August 17 by President Donald Trump to cancel Secretary Mike Pompeo’s trip to North Korea highlights the challenges of negotiating with North Korea. If talks with Pyongyang are to be successful, the United States and South Korea need to develop a strategy that allows them to advance their mutual interests while addressing the difficult issues moving forward such as the best format for discussions, how to maintain alliance cohesion, and how to approach ending the Korean War and building a peace process with North Korea.

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Speakers

Chun Yungwoo, Chairman, The Korean Peninsula Future Forum

Laura Rosenberger, Director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy & Senior Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Ambassador Kathleen Stephens, President & CEO, Korea Economic Institute of America

Moderator: Troy Stangarone, Senior Director for Congressional Affairs & Trade, Korea Economic Institute of America