By Nicole White & Grace Hearty — If China’s Five-Year Plans (5YP) act as “large blinking neon arrows” pointing out the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) top priorities, then China appears to be more serious than in the past about moving…
By Richard M. Rossow — From June 6 until June 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India will make his fourth visit to the United States since becoming the prime minister in May 2014. While leader-level summits between the United…
By Victor Cha — CSIS data on North Korea suggests the likelihood of a North Korean provocation after ROK legislative elections on April 13 and before the Korean Workers’ Party Congress in the first week of May. Historically, North…
By Zhexin Zhang — Since North Korea began a new round of nuclear and missile tests early this year, major Northeast Asian players have engaged in heated debate on the implications of deploying the U.S.-backed Terminal High Altitude Area Defense…
As the United States and South Korea undertake a series of large joint military exercises Seo Young Kim and Seongwon Song of the CSIS Korea Chair have evaluated the facets and scale of the exercises by the numbers. Ms. Seo…
By Victor Cha — The UN Security Council adopted UNSCR 2270 on March 2 by a unanimous vote [15-0]. The resolution comes nearly two months after the January 6 nuclear test and presents a broader set of heightened sanctions against…
By Lisa Collins – On February 12, Congress passed the “North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act” (H.R. 757). Early last month, the bill was introduced and passed in the House of Representatives (418-2). The Senate went on to approve…
By Victor Cha & Andy Lim Kim Jong-un has had a busy start to 2016, with a nuclear test in January, a claimed hydrogen bomb test and his third overall, and a long-range missile/satellite test over the weekend added to…
CSIS scholars and CogitAsia contributors Victor Cha and Bonnie Glaser testified on the “U.S. Response to North Korea’s Nuclear Provocations” before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Asia on Wednesday, January 13, 2016. Watch their testimony, along with…
By Bonnie Glaser Q1: Was the official statement by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs particularly harsh? No. China’s foreign ministry statement said that it is “firmly opposed” to North Korea’s nuclear test. It “strongly” urged the DPRK to honor its…
