In this episode, we provide context for the inter-Korean summit and analyze the prospects of a Trump-Kim summit. CSIS Korea Chair experts Dr. Sue Mi Terry and Lisa Collins join to chart the whirlwind developments on the peninsula since early…
By Heejun Tae — Unprecedented political turmoil has engulfed South Korea for months and the public is concerned about how the forthcoming presidential election will affect the future. However, up to this point attention has primarily been focused on the…
Political developments in South Korea, the United States, and North Korea are all shaping up to affect the Korean Peninsula in 2017. CSIS Korea Chair Dr. Victor Cha joins to discuss President Park Geun-hye’s impeachment, the Trump administration’s Korea policy,…
By Victor Cha — There have been efforts to offer comforting words about the continuity of cooperation in the U.S.-ROK alliance with the election of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States. The South Korean foreign minister…
By Lisa Collins — A fake report about the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un by a female suicide bomber from a secret Pyongyang brothel set the Twittersphere on fire late June 16 and early June 17. The South…
By Victor Cha — The Saenuri Party’s poor showing in the April 13 General Elections for the 20th National Assembly will be read as a sound defeat for the ruling party and for the Park administration. The results come as…
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 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…
This week we hear from U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes who discussed his recent trip to Myanmar and what the White House is watching for in the November 8 elections with Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies Ernie…
This week Bonnie Glaser, Director of the CSIS China Power Project, joins to analyze the U.S. Navy’s recent freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea and to assess China’s reaction. Then Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies Ernie…
