The Korean peninsula is on the precipice of 'thinking the unthinkable' geopolitical game. It will be months, if not years, before we know what that geopolitical game looks like. In the game of pushing back against each other, many experts seem to be quite skeptical about the possibility that Trump and Kim Jung Un can resolve one of the world's most intractable geopolitical conflicts. Some went so far as to say a best-case scenario would be the preservation of the status quo. But the goal is clear: denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. The way how the United States and North Korea handle this issue divine the security of Northeast Asia. Therefore, all players involved may have an interest in playing along with the fiction that somehow a Korean breakthrough is likely. They will work hard to get a place at the table alongside the United States and North Korea. They may be relishing the Korean challenge. No matter how tenuous a hope for peace may be, we need to seize this opportunity. Watching and analyzing how this geopolitical game unfolds will be our utmost concern.

This panel seeks to assess the major achievements of the recent summit meetings and to discuss the future prospects for inter-Korean and US-DPRK relations not to mention China-DPRK relations.
- What were the main objectives of each party before the meetings?
- Has the summit diplomacy proven to be effective in achieving them?
- Can we expect each party to keep up with its promises?
- What are some of the challenges and obstacles to implementing these commitments?
- Should summit diplomacy be continued as a means to achieve peace on the Korean Peninsula?
- What have been the impacts of these summit meetings on the region?
- What is the place of Japan in this network of summit diplomacy?