By Kathleen Hicks & Michael J. Green The following post draws on the work of the CSIS Federated Defense in Asia project, which released its findings in December 2014. As regional security challenges grow in Asia, it is increasingly important…
This week we cover China’s Great Cannon and its ongoing cyber espionage activities. CSIS Strategic Technology Program Senior Fellow Denise Zheng joins to explain China’s new offensive censorship tool and to discuss what governments and organizations can do to protect…
By Victor Cha Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command Adm. William Gortney’s press briefing at the Pentagon on April 7 addressed concerns on North Korea’s nuclear and missile program. If the NORAD commander’s statements…
This week we check in on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations and then explore how China’s leaders make economic policy. CSIS Scholl Chair Scott Miller joins to assess whether Congress will grant trade promotion to the executive branch and discuss…
This week we discuss the global reaction to the passing of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew with CSIS Sumitro Chair Senior Fellow Murray Hiebert. Hiebert describes Lee’s legacy, explains what Lee and the Singaporean people have accomplished, and assesses whether Singapore’s politics will be more…
On this week’s show we discuss the attack against U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert with Korea Chair Victor Cha. Dr. Cha explains what the attack tells us about the ROK-U.S. alliance and how to understand the South Korean…
By Victor Cha The attack against U.S. ambassador and friend Mark Lippert was a senseless act of violence against a public servant who genuinely cares about Korea and the relationship between the American and Korean people. This was the act…
In this week’s show, we speak with Justice Michael Kirby, the Chair of the United Nations Inquiry on human rights in the DPRK, about the recent landmark U.N. Commission of Inquiry into the plight of North Korea’s citizens. Then we discuss groundbreaking satellite imagery…
In this week’s episode we discuss the jailing of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on sodomy charges and the international response with CSIS Sumitro Chair Senior Fellow Murray Hiebert. Then CSIS Freeman Chair Deputy Director Scott Kennedy joins to analyze…
In this week’s episode Wadhwani Chair Rick Rossow joins us fresh from New Delhi, to discuss President Obama’s trip to India and the current state of the U.S.-India relations. Then we turn to the next two years on the Korean…