The East Asian Landscape After the Trump-Kim Summit

On June 12, 2018, US President Donald Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore for a first-ever summit between the two nations. Their joint declaration stated North Korea’s commitment to the “complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula” in exchange for security guarantees from the United States. Can this declaration serve as a viable blueprint for lasting stability in East Asia. This series examines the region’s international relations and security environment going forward from the Singapore summit.