After a year of increasing tensions over North Korean weapons tests and provocations, we have entered a period of summit diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula. In recent weeks, Kim Jong-un made his first visit to China to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and he is expected to meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on April 27 and U.S. President Donald Trump in late May or early June. The shift to summit diplomacy has also created a parallel track of potential summits, such as the April 17-18 U.S.-Japan summit, for the U.S. and its allies to coordinate policy towards North Korea.
KEI and Sasakawa USA will host a discussion on the results of the recent inter-Korean summit, the implications of the North Korea-China summit, the role of the U.S.-Japan summit, the prospects for the upcoming historic summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-un, and how all of these summits potentially fit together.
Register here: http://keia.org/webform/rsvp-event
Speakers
Jung Pak, Senior Fellow and the SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies, Brookings Institution
Taisuke Mibae, Visiting Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council
Scott Snyder, Senior Fellow for Korea Studies & Director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Mark Tokola, Vice President, Korea Economic Institute of America
James Zumwalt, Chief Executive Officer, Sasakawa US
Troy Stangarone (moderator), Senior Director of Congressional Affairs and Trade, Korea Economic Institute of America