Overview
For almost four decades, the United States has tried to stop North Korea’s attempts to build nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them – yet Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal endures. Join us for a conversation with Joel S. Wit, a former US State Department official, as he tells the story of the US’s failure to achieve the complete nuclear disarmament of North Korea, based on over 300 interviews with officials in Washington, Seoul and Beijing, as well as his own encounters with North Korean government officials over three decades.
This online event will survey the history of US-North Korea nuclear negotiations and future options for dealing with the North Korean nuclear threat, the emerging nuclear arms race in northeast Asia, and the prospects for another Trump-Kim summit during the US president’s visit to China in April 2026.
The discussion will be moderated by Jack Crawford, a Research Fellow with RUSI’s Proliferation and Nuclear Policy research group and will be followed by a Q&A session.
Joining Instructions
This event is online-only and is open to all. If you have any questions regarding this event, please email [email protected]. On registering to attend, you will be sent a confirmation email containing your personal Zoom link to join the event.
