By Sharon Squassoni Two months ago, North Korea conducted a third nuclear weapons test, prompting a rebuke from the UN Security Council and more sanctions from the United States and others. Amid the torrid rhetoric of preemptive nuclear strikes…
On April 2, 2013, CSIS Korea Chair and cogitASIA regular Victor Cha appeared on Comedy Central’s Colbert Report to discuss the high tensions on the Korean Pensinula. Enjoy. The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire…
By Michael Vatikiotis It has been a terrible year so far in terms of security in the Asia Pacific region. Japan and China have come close to trading blows over disputed Senkaku/ Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea; North Korea…
By Victor Cha A KCNA report in English revealed that Kim Jong-un has signed off on an order for the military to prepare rockets on standby for a strike on the U.S. mainland and U.S. military bases in the Pacific,…
In the South China Sea the season for territorial and fishing clashes has started. Vietnam accused China of firing shots at a fishing trawler near the Paracel islands, while a Chinese ministry of defence report stated that only flares were…
This week sectarian violence erupted between Buddhists and Muslims in the central Myanmar town of Meiktila, leaving at least 20 dead, though the tally is likely much higher, and includes men, women, and children. The clashes, triggered by a dispute…
Who is he? Chung Hong-won is the new prime minister of the Republic of Korea under the Park Geun-hye administration. Born in Hadong, South Gyeongsang province, he majored in law at Sungkyunkwan University and passed the national bar exam in…
North Korea’s bizarre and provocation-filled 2013 has shifted to outright danger this week. Following an additional UN Security Council resolution after the DPRK’s latest nuclear test, the government of the North is threatening South Korea and President Park Geun-hye with…
By James Lewis This is the last of a five-part series on Asia in the age of cyber threats by CSIS’s Dr. Jim Lewis cross-posted with the Lowy Institute’s The Interpreter. See Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4.…
By James Lewis This is the fourth of a five-part series on Asia in the age of cyber by CSIS’s Dr. Jim Lewis cross-posted from the Lowy Institute’s blog, The Interpreter. See Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. China may…
