By Victor Cha & Andy Sau Ngai Lim The absence of Choe Ryong-hae — one of Kim Jong-un’s closest confidantes and one of the most powerful of the North Korean elite — from the state funeral committee of Marshall Ri…
By Hahyung Lee Trustpolitik has been a longstanding policy of President Park before and since she was elected as president. The ultimate goal of trustpolitik is to lay the foundation on which neighboring countries can cooperate for the sake of…
In this week’s episode, we hear from President Park Geun-hye of South Korea about the future of the U.S.-Korea alliance and then Foreign Minister Julie Bishop of Australia joins to discuss current geopolitical environment from Australia’s perspective with CSIS Senior…
In this week’s episode, we discuss the finalization of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement with CSIS’s Matthew Goodman and Scott Miller. Scott and Matt talk through the geostrategic implications and political path ahead for TPP. Then CSIS Korea Chair Dr.…
This week we discuss the outlook for Myanmar’s upcoming general elections with the U.S. Ambassador to Burma Derek Mitchell. Ambassador Mitchell describes some of the key issues the U.S. government is monitoring in Myanmar in the run up to voting…
This week we look ahead to President Xi’s visit to the United States and the state of U.S.-China relations with CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies Christopher Johnson. Then we discuss the size of China’s economy with Daniel Rosen and Beibei…
By Gene Choi In April 2013, China fully financed $350 million to build a new 1.8 mile-long bridge with North Korea, a rare friendly gesture amid deteriorating North Korea-China relations under Kim Jong-un. A year later in October 2014, North…
Following a friction filled period between North and South Korea, negotiators from the two neighbors reached a surprise agreement which has allowed for a deescalation of rising military tension. CSIS Korea Chair Dr. Victor Cha joins to discuss how the…
Our feature interview this week covers Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s statement of August 15, the seventieth anniversary of Japan’s surrender in the Second World War. CSIS Senior Vice President and Japan Chair Dr. Michael Green joins to discuss the statement’s…
In this episode we discuss the challenges in balancing the U.S.-Thai security relationship with continued concerns over the Thai military’s intervention in domestic politics and civil liberties following the May 2014 coup. Desmond Walton, the U.S. military attaché to Bangkok from…