Opening Remarks
- Joel Wit, Senior Fellow and Director, 38 North/Stimson Center
- Jangho Kim, Professor, Division of Language and Diplomacy, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies; Chair of International Outreach, The Korean Association of International Studies; Head of Research, HUFS Center for International and Area Studies

The US-ROK Alliance Past and Present
Examines the history of alliance relations, the status of the alliance in 2020 and trends that will affect the future of alliance relations
Speakers: Clint Work, Congressional Fellow, Stimson Center; Fellow, 38 North/Stimson Center
Junghoon Lee, Professor, Yonsei University, GSIS
- Discussants: Young-kwan Yoon, Professor, Seoul National University; Former Foreign Minister Kim Sung-han, Professor and Dean, Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University; Former Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Moderator: Jangho Kim, Professor, HUFS LD

The Future of the Regional Security Environment and the Korean Peninsula, Scenario 1
Examine a possible security scenario for the future on the Korean Peninsula that will be central in shaping the alliance’s structure, roles and missions.
- Scenario Presentation: Shane Smith, Senior Research Fellow, National Defense University Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Discussant: Jina Kim, Senior Research Fellow, KIDA
- Moderator: Jenny Town, Fellow and Managing Editor, 38 North/Stimson Center

Alternative Defense Arrangements for Scenario 1
Based on above scenario, discuss best options for US-ROK security relations.
- Shane Smith, National Defense University
- Taeyong Cho, Visiting Professor at Yonsei University, GSIS
- David Maxwell, Senior Fellow, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
- Moderator: Joel Wit, 38 North/Stimson Center

The Future of the Regional Security Environment and the Korean Peninsula, Scenario 2
Examine a possible security scenario for the future on the Korean Peninsula that will be central in shaping the alliance’s structure, roles and missions.
- Scenario Presentation: Shane Smith, National Defense University
- Discussant: Leif-Eric Easley, Ewha University,
- Associate Professor of International Studies Moderator: Mason Richey, Professor, HUFS (GSIAS)

Alternative Defense Arrangements for Scenario 2
Based on that scenario, discuss best options for US-ROK security relations
- Young Ho Kim, Professor, Korea National Defense University
- Major General (ret) Frederick Martin, American College of National Security Leaders (ACNSL)
- Park Ihn-hwi, Professor, Ewha Woman’s University (GSIS/DIS)
- Moderator: Joel Wit, 38 North/Stimson Center