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After the Trump-Kim Summit: Now Comes the Hard Part
After the Trump-Kim Summit: Now Comes the Hard Part
Deep Freeze and Beyond: Making the Trump-Kim Summit a Success
Deep Freeze and Beyond: Making the Trump-Kim Summit a Success
Table of Contents
  1. Executive Summary
  2. Introduction
  3. Anatomy of a Pivot: From Sabre Rattling to Planning an Historic Summit
    1. Charm Offensive and an Olympic Truce
    2. From a Pyongyang Dinner to a Driveway Press Conference
    3. Enter Pompeo and Bolton
    4. Moon and Kim Set a Wobbly Stage
  4. Views from the Region
    1. Beijing Manoeuvres
      1. President Xi receives a visitor and Beijing reasserts itself
      2. Beijing’s vital interests and red lines
    2. Seoul Moves to Centre Stage
    3. Tokyo Frets
    4. Pyongyang Keeps ’em Guessing
      1. “Peaceful coexistence”
      2. The right sort of money
      3. Assessing Pyongyang’s intentions?
  5. A Successful Summit and a Roadmap Beyond
  6. A Possible Four-step Plan
  7. Conclusion
  8. Appendix A: Four Step Plan to a “Deep Freeze” in North Korea
  9. Appendix B: Map of North East Asia
  10. Appendix C: Map of the Korean Peninsula
  11. Appendix D: Acronyms
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signing a joint declaration at the Capella Singapore on 12 June 2018.
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signing a joint declaration at the Capella Singapore on 12 June 2018. Standing behind them are the North Korean leader's sister Kim Jo Yong and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Kevin Lim / ST / Singapore Press Holdings
Commentary / Asia

After the Trump-Kim Summit: Now Comes the Hard Part

Last week the world watched the first-ever meeting between a North Korean leader and a U.S. president. Crisis Group offers a 360-degree view of how the summit played in the U.S., the Korean peninsula, China and Japan – and what it may mean going forward.