By Victor D. Cha — *A version of this op-ed appeared online (in Korean) on October 2, 2019 in The Chosun Ilbo. Throughout history, the tenor of U.S.-China relations has had a major impact on the Korean peninsula. China’s decision…
By Victor Cha, Sue Mi Terry, and Michael Green — The third inter-Korean summit is taking place this week from September 18 to 20 in Pyongyang, North Korea. The two leaders, President Moon Jae-in of South Korea and Chairman Kim…
In our latest Impossible State podcast, David Kang, director of the Korean Studies Institute at the University of Southern California, joins guest host Victor Cha of CSIS to discuss the second edition of their book, Nuclear North Korea: A Debate…
By Victor Cha and Sue Mi Terry — On June 12, U.S. president Donald Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for a bilateral summit in Singapore. Prior to the meeting, U.S. and North Korean officials engaged in weeks…
CSIS has launched a new podcast series titled Impossible State focusing explicitly on North Korea. Listen to the first two episodes here via Sound Cloud or on iTunes. The first episode features Dr. Victor Cha discussing President Donald Trump’s letter…
By Victor Cha & Lisa Collins — Newly acquired satellite imagery by Beyond Parallel on May 19, 2018 shows that preparations for the shutdown of the North Korean nuclear test site at Punggye-ri appear to be underway, and that a…
The 3rd inter-Korean summit, the first in more than 10 years, and the first between South Korean president Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was held April 27, 2018 at the South Korean side of the DMZ.…
By Victor Cha — Q1: What was accomplished in this summit compared to the past? Is this truly a historic meeting? A1: This meeting is historic in its timing in two ways. First, the summit represents an aggressive attempt at…
By Michael J. Green, Matthew P. Goodman, Victor Cha & Nicholas Szechenyi — President Trump is scheduled to host Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan at his Mar-a-Lago club next week for a summit meeting on U.S.-Japan relations. This will…
By Victor Cha & Sue Mi Terry — On March 25-28, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un traveled with his wife Ri Sol-ju to Beijing to meet Chinese president Xi Jinping. This was Kim Jong-un’s first foreign visit as the head of state…
