To end the Korean War? Peace on the Peninsula

Byoung-Kon Jun specializes in Chinese politics, international relations in Northeast Asia, and China–North Korea relations. He is the Vice President of the Korea Institute for National Unification and an adjunct professor at the Graduate School of International and Area Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. Dr. Jun earned both his Ph.D. in political science and B.A. in literature from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. His recent publications include "China’s Sanctions on North Korea after Its Fourth Nuclear Test” (Pacific Focus, 2017), "Seeking a Unification Strategy Based on the Changed for Unification After the North Korea’s 4th and 5th Nuclear Tests and Ways to Spread the Public Consensus on Unification," (2017; in Korean), and "Development of Sino-DPRK Relations after Establishment of Diplomatic Ties between South Korea and China," (2016; in Korean).

Jae-Jung Suh is a professor at International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan. He earned his Ph.D. in political science at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a Woodrow Wilson fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2013–14), was associate professor at John Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (2007–13), and was assistant professor at Cornell University (2000–07). His book Challenges of Modernization and Governance in South Korea: The Sinking of the Sewol and Its Causes was published in 2017.

Philip Zelikow is the White Burkett Miller Professor of History and J. Wilson Newman Professor of Governance at the University of Virginia, where he has also served as dean of the Graduate School and director of the Miller Center. His scholarly work has focused on critical episodes in American and world history. 

He was a trial and appellate lawyer and then a career diplomat before taking academic positions at Harvard, then Virginia. Before and during his academic career, he has served at all levels of American government. His federal service during five administrations has included positions in the White House, State Department, and the Pentagon. His last full-time government position was as the counselor of the Department of State, a deputy to Secretary Condoleezza Rice.