What are the ramifications of the sudden termination of the planned meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un? What factors led to the cancellation and has the door been permanently closed on a diplomatic solution to the North Korean nuclear problem? Will North Korea abandon its moratorium and resume nuclear and missile tests and escalate tension on the Korean Peninsula. Will there be a resumption of advocacy for a U.S. preventive military attack on North Korea? As Pyongyang, Seoul, Beijing, and Washington engaged in summit diplomacy, Japan had been the neglected partner. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had established the closest relationship with President Trump of any world leader but then seemed ignored during the summit mania. Does the U.S.-North Korea summit cancellation vindicate Abe’s firm approach to Pyongyang or has there been lasting impact on his political strength as well as Japan’s relationship with the United States?
The Heritage Foundation will host two panels of distinguished experts discuss these and other topics as well as make recommendations for U.S. policy in the uncertain time ahead.
Register here: https://www.heritage.org/asia/event/us-north-korean-summit-cancelled-or…
Speakers
Panel 1
Duyeon Kim, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Korean Peninsula Future Forum
Dr. Lee Sung-Yoon, Kim Koo-Korea Foundation Professor in Korean Studies
and Assistant Professor, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Dr. Sue Mi Terry, Senior Fellow, Korea Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Panel 2
Dr. Jeffrey W. Hornung, Political Scientist, The RAND Corporation
James Schoff, Senior Fellow, Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Yuki Tatsumi, Co-Director of the East Asia Program and Director of the Japan Program,
The Stimson Center