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…
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 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…
By Truong-Minh Vu With the presence of Vietnamese prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung and South Korean president Park Geun-hye, the agreement that marked the conclusion of Vietnam-Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement (VKFTA) was signed in Seoul on December 10.…
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…
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…
Who is she? Ms. Yanghee Lee, 58, was most recently a professor at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea. Lee was elected to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in 2003 and served as its chairperson…
By Sarah Hong South Korea held a by-election for positions in the National Assembly on July 30 after several representatives stepped down to run in the June 4 local elections. In total, 15 seats were up for grabs, making this…
Who is he? Lee Byung-kee, 67, was nominated to be the director of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) on June 10, 2014. Before his nomination, he has been the Republic of Korea (ROK) ambassador to Japan since June 4, 2013.…
