On Thursday, May 10th, The Institute for China-America Studies hosted an invitation-only, on-the-record, roundtable at its Washington D.C. office previewing the upcoming summit between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump scheduled for June 12.
The meeting between the American president and the leader of North Korea takes place on the heels of two successful summits between Kim Jong-un and the leaders of China and South Korea. Mere months ago the world was bracing for a potentially disastrous conflict between the United States and North Korea, but since Kim Jong-un’s 2018 New Year’s Day address, the situation on the Korean Peninsula has improved at a breakneck pace. North Korea has pledged to halt all nuclear and ballistic missile testing and a hotline has been established between Pyongyang and Seoul. Importantly, Kim-Jong-un has expressed desire to denuclearize the peninsula on terms that are agreeable to all parties.
What those terms are, and identifying realistic expectations for the Kim/Trump summit was the topic of this roundtable.
A detailed summary of the event is available in our Media section, under ICAS Events.
