What should we expect from the U.S. strategic rebalance to Asia in 2015? What are the prospects for economic reform in China and Japan? How should we interpret leadership changes in India and Indonesia? Are new strategic alignments emerging in…
The CSIS Asia Program is launching a new weekly CogitAsia podcast that will review and analyze developments and trends in the Indo Pacific. On the podcast this week we are joined by Dr. Jonathan London, professor at the City University…
By Bai Jie On January 19, DPRK’s Vice Foreign Minister and Representative to the Six-Party Talks Ri Yong Ho had an unofficial meeting with former U.S. special representative for North Korea policy Stephen Bosworth in Singapore. Is it another…
By Victor Cha What must the administration contend with in its remaining two years in office on the Korean Peninsula? First, the United States is likely to see the next series of North Korean nuclear and ballistic missile tests. These…
The CSIS Asia Program is launching a new weekly CogitAsia podcast that will review and analyze developments and trends in the Indo Pacific. This week host Colm Quinn discusses prospects for the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations this year and political considerations on trade…
By Chuanying Lu The Sony hack provides an opportunity for Chinese and American decision makers to rethink their cyber policies and bilateral cyber cooperation strategy. Cyber-attacks are a new threat from a new domain, which cannot be resolved through traditional…
By Andy Lim & Victor Cha The surprise release of the last two Americans detained in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd Miller on Saturday, November 8, meant that including Jeffrey Fowle, who was…
Earlier this week, CSIS Senior Adviser for Asia Bonnie Glaser participated in a panel discussion covering neighboring perspectives on North Korea at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) with Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies of CFR and Marcus…
By Dongwon Kim On October 23, 2014, the Republic of Korea (ROK) and United States will hold the 46th annual Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) in Washington D.C. where both sides will make a final decision on the delay of the…
By Bonnie S. Glaser & Lin Kim China-North Korea relations have been strained since Pyongyang conducted its third nuclear test in February 2013. Chinese president Xi Jinping has yet to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, even though he…