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In this episode of the ChinaPower Podcast, Dr. Victor Cha joins us to discuss his major takeaways from the June 2024 Putin-Kim summit and the significance of North Korea and Russia's new mutual defense clause for the international community. Dr. Cha dissects how North Korea's relationships with Russia and China have evolved over time and notes that the new defense clause gives North Korea an opportunity to leverage its closer relationship with Russia to its advantage vis-a-vis North Korea-China relations. Dr. Cha explains the global and regional implications of the mutual defense agreement. Finally, Dr. Cha discusses his recommendations for how the United States, South Korea, and other and allies and partners should address this growing relationship.  *This podcast was recorded prior to the 2024 NATO DC Summit.  Dr. Victor Cha is a Senior Vice President for Asia and holds the CSIS Korea Chair. He is professor of government and holds the D.S. Song-KF Chair in the Department of Government and the School of Foreign Service (SFS) at Georgetown University. In July 2019, he was appointed vice dean for faculty and graduate affairs in SFS. While working for the White House between 2004-2007, Dr. Cha was the director for Asian affairs at the National Security Council. He was responsible primarily for Japan, the Korean peninsula, Australia/New Zealand, and Pacific Island nation affairs. Dr. Cha was also the deputy head of delegation for the United States at the Six-Party Talks in Beijing. He is the author of five books, including the award-winning Alignment Despite Antagonism: The United States-Korea-Japan Security Triangle. 

In this episode of the ChinaPower Podcast, we are joined by Dr. Victor Cha to discuss the changing dynamics on the Korean Peninsula and the relationship between China and North Korea. He explains that despite outward appearances, the China-DPRK relationship is deeply fraught and not as close as it may seem. Dr. Cha reveals that between a strict Covid-19 lockdown and the sanctions imposed between 2016-2017, North Korea's dependence on China has fallen and Beijing may now lack adequate tools to place pressure on Pyongyang. Lastly, Dr. Cha challenges the notion that the United States and China share goals for a nuclear-free Korean peninsula. Rather, he contends, the two share common ground in wanting to prevent conflict on the peninsula. Dr. Victor Cha is a Senior Vice President for Asia and holds the CSIS Korea Chair. He is professor of government and holds the D.S. Song-KF Chair in the Department of Government and the School of Foreign Service (SFS) at Georgetown University. In July 2019, he was appointed vice dean for faculty and graduate affairs in SFS. While working for the White House between 2004-2007, Dr. Cha was the director for Asian affairs at the National Security Council. He was responsible primarily for Japan, the Korean peninsula, Australia/New Zealand, and Pacific Island nation affairs. Dr. Cha was also the deputy head of delegation for the United States at the Six-Party Talks in Beijing. He is the author of five books, including the award-winning Alignment Despite Antagonism: The United States-Korea-Japan Security Triangle.

This special episode is from the 7th annual ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum on June 6, 2022, CSIS Korea Chair's premier international forum bringing together policymakers, experts, and officials to discuss US-ROK alliance issues. Moderated by Amb. Mark Lippert, Daniel J. Kritenbrink, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State, delivers a keynote address on the U.S.- ROK Alliance.

This special episode is from the 7th annual ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum on June 6, 2022, CSIS Korea Chair's premier international forum bringing together policymakers, experts, and officials to discuss US-ROK alliance issues. Lee Geun, the president of the Korea Foundation opens the event with welcoming remarks. The Secretary to the President for Economic Security, Wang Yunjong, delivers a keynote address on economic security, supply chains, and the ROK-U.S. cooperation.

This bonus episode is from the CSIS Korea Chair's YouTube series, The Capital Cable. Amb. Mark Lippert, Dr. Victor Cha and Dr. Sue Mi Terry were joined by an expert panel of Korean and American journalists, as well as opinion polling and foreign policy experts to discuss the results of the tightly-contested 2022 South Korean presidential election.

This bonus episode is from the CSIS Korea Chair's YouTube series, The Capital Cable. Amb. Mark Lippert is joined by special guest Dr. Kim Sung-han, former vice foreign minister and foreign policy advisor to South Korean presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol of the People Power Party, Dr. Victor Cha and Dr. Sue Mi Terry of the Wilson Center for a discussion on former Prosecutor-General Yoon's foreign policy agenda.

This bonus episode is from the CSIS Korea Chair's YouTube series, The Capital Cable. Amb. Mark Lippert is joined by special guest Amb. Wi Sung-lac, former vice foreign minister and foreign policy advisor to South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea, Dr. Victor Cha and Dr. Sue Mi Terry of the Wilson Center for a discussion on Governor Lee's foreign policy agenda.

Ambassador Mark Lippert, vice chairman of the Halifax Forum and senior advisor for the Center for Strategic and International Studies Korea Chair, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss U.S.-South Korean relations and the Biden administration's broader Indo-Pacific strategy.   Polls Mentioned in the Podcast   Karl Friedhoff, “South Koreans See China as More Threat than Partner, But Not the Most Critical Threat Facing the Country,” Chicago Council, April 6, 2021   Hong Suk-ji, “Survey Results of South Korean Perception on the ROK-U.S. Alliance,” Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, November 2, 2021   Richard Wike et al., “What People Around the World Like–and Dislike–About American Society and Politics,” Pew Research Center, November 1, 2021   Statements Mentioned   “U.S.-ROK Leaders' Joint Statement,” The White House, May 21, 2021   Webcasts Mentioned   Mark Lippert, The Capital Cable, CSIS Korea Chair

On December 1st, the CSIS Korea Chair held a special discussion on the state of North Korea’s economy today and what scenarios could be expected for its economy in the future. The panels examined the impact of sanctions, Covid-19, and natural disasters on North Korea’s trade, industry, markets, and finance sector. The experts also explored potential scenarios for North Korea’s economy in the event of a diplomatic breakthrough on denuclearization. In this episode, we highlight the keynote address that opened up the session from Mr. Alex Wong, deputy assistant secretary for North Korea in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs and deputy special representative for North Korea, U.S. Department of State. Please click here to watch the full online event.

This episode is from the CSIS Korea Chair's live YouTube series, "The Capital Cable." Special guest Ambassador Caroline Kennedy joins Ambassador Mark Lippert, Dr. Victor Cha, and Dr. Sue Mi Terry for a conversation on her time as ambassador to Japan (2013-2017), the U.S.-Korea-Japan trilateral relationship, and the importance of female leadership in national security.

This episode is from the CSIS Korea Chair's live YouTube series "The Capital Cable". Special guest Honorable Tae Young-ho joins Ambassador Mark Lippert, Dr. Victor Cha, and Dr. Sue Mi Terry for a conversation on North Korea, inter-Korea relations, human rights and life as a National Assemblyman. Hon. Tae Young-ho is currently a member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea. He was also formerly the deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the United Kingdom.

This virtual session moderated by Ambassador Mark Lippert, Senior Advisor at the CSIS Korea Chair and former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, features a discussion about the status of U.S.-ROK alliance in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Korean War.

The United States may be facing a perfect storm with an end-of-year deadline for North Korea diplomacy and strained burden-sharing negotiations in South Korea. In this episode, Mike sits down with former National Security Council official Victor Cha, CSIS's Korea Chair and a professor of government at Georgetown University. Mike is also joined by former CIA analyst Sue Mi Terry, a senior fellow at the CSIS Korea Chair. They discuss how Sue's background in intelligence analysis and Victor's background in academia prepared them for a career in Korea policy. The trio then take a look at the Korean peninsula from a big-picture analysis of the peninsula's place in American grand strategy, to an examination of a possible alliance decoupling of the U.S. and South Korea.

Please join us for our annual ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum 2019. A timely discussion with current and former government officials, scholars, experts, and opinion leaders from the United States and Korea who will participate in a series of panel discussions to address the state of the U.S.-ROK alliance, the prospects for the peace building process on the Korean Peninsula, and the changing regional dynamics in East Asia and beyond. This event will be co-hosted with the Korea Foundation, a leading organization of Korea's international exchange and public policy initiative. You are also invited to join us after the ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum 2019 for a special 10 anniversary celebration of the CSIS Korea Chair, starting at 5:00 PM. For more information and to register for the celebration, please visit this page: https://www.csis.org/events/csis-korea-chair-10-year-anniversary-celebration  10:30 – 10:45 AM WELCOMING REMARKS Ambassador Richard ArmitagePresident, Armitage International; Trustee, CSIS Ambassador Lee Sihyung, President, The Korea Foundation 10:45 – 11:30 AM KEYNOTE ADDRESS & CONVERSATION Congressman Ami Bera (D-CA), Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Foreign Affairs Committee; Co-Chair of Congressional Study Group on Korea Moderated by: Ambassador Mark Lippert, Senior Advisor, CSIS Korea Chair; Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea 11:30 – 12:30 PM LUNCHEON 12:30 – 1:45 PM The ROK-U.S. Alliance for Peace and DenuclearizationSESSION I: Moderator: Mr. David Nakamura, White House Correspondent, The Washington Post Panelists: Ms. Joy Yamamoto, Director, Office of Korean Affairs, U.S. Department of State Dr. Victor Cha, Senior Adviser and Korea Chair, CSIS; D.S. Song-KF Professor of Government, Georgetown University; Former National Security Council Dr. Joon Hyung Kim, Professor, Handong Global University Dr. Sang Hyun Lee, Senior Research Fellow, Sejong Institute Ambassador Joseph Yun, Senior Advisor to the Asia Center, United States Institute of Peace; Former Special Representative for North Korea Policy and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan, U.S. Department of State 1:45 – 2:00 PM COFFEE BREAK 2:00 – 3:15 PM Recasting and Forecasting of the Peace Building Process on the Korean PeninsulaSESSION II: Moderator: Ambassador Byungjae Cho, Former Chancellor, Korea National Diplomatic Academy, Former ROK Ambassador to Myanmar and Malaysia Panelists: Dr. Haksoon Paik, President, Sejong Institute Dr. Ramon Pacheco Pardo, KF-VUB Korea Chair, Institute for European Studies (IES-VUB); Reader (Associate Professor) in International Relations, King's College London Dr. Jiyoung Park, Director and Senior Fellow, Center for Science and Technology Policy, the Asan Institute for Policy Studies Dr. Sue Mi Terry, Senior Fellow, CSIS Korea Chair; Former Senior Analyst, Central Intelligence Agency; Former National Security Council 3:15 – 3:30 PM COFFEE BREAK 3:30 – 4:45 PM The Regional Dynamics: East-Asia and BeyondSESSION III: Moderator: Dr. Sue Mi Terry, Senior Fellow, CSIS Korea Chair; Former Senior Analyst, Central Intelligence Agency; Former National Security Council Panelists...

Please join us for our annual ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum 2019. A timely discussion with current and former government officials, scholars, experts, and opinion leaders from the United States and Korea who will participate in a series of panel discussions to address the state of the U.S.-ROK alliance, the prospects for the peace building process on the Korean Peninsula, and the changing regional dynamics in East Asia and beyond. This event will be co-hosted with the Korea Foundation, a leading organization of Korea's international exchange and public policy initiative. You are also invited to join us after the ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum 2019 for a special 10 anniversary celebration of the CSIS Korea Chair, starting at 5:00 PM. For more information and to register for the celebration, please visit this page: https://www.csis.org/events/csis-korea-chair-10-year-anniversary-celebration  10:30 – 10:45 AM WELCOMING REMARKS Ambassador Richard Armitage President, Armitage International; Trustee, CSIS Ambassador Lee Sihyung, President, The Korea Foundation 10:45 – 11:30 AM KEYNOTE ADDRESS & CONVERSATION Congressman Ami Bera (D-CA), Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Foreign Affairs Committee; Co-Chair of Congressional Study Group on Korea Moderated by: Ambassador Mark Lippert, Senior Advisor, CSIS Korea Chair; Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea 11:30 – 12:30 PM LUNCHEON 12:30 – 1:45 PM The ROK-U.S. Alliance for Peace and DenuclearizationSESSION I: Moderator: Mr. David Nakamura, White House Correspondent, The Washington Post Panelists: Ms. Joy Yamamoto, Director, Office of Korean Affairs, U.S. Department of State Dr. Victor Cha, Senior Adviser and Korea Chair, CSIS; D.S. Song-KF Professor of Government, Georgetown University; Former National Security Council Dr. Joon Hyung Kim, Professor, Handong Global University Dr. Sang Hyun Lee, Senior Research Fellow, Sejong Institute Ambassador Joseph Yun, Senior Advisor to the Asia Center, United States Institute of Peace; Former Special Representative for North Korea Policy and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan, U.S. Department of State 1:45 – 2:00 PM COFFEE BREAK 2:00 – 3:15 PM Recasting and Forecasting of the Peace Building Process on the Korean PeninsulaSESSION II: Moderator: Ambassador Byungjae Cho, Former Chancellor, Korea National Diplomatic Academy, Former ROK Ambassador to Myanmar and Malaysia Panelists: Dr. Haksoon Paik, President, Sejong Institute Dr. Ramon Pacheco Pardo, KF-VUB Korea Chair, Institute for European Studies (IES-VUB); Reader (Associate Professor) in International Relations, King's College London Dr. Jiyoung Park, Director and Senior Fellow, Center for Science and Technology Policy, the Asan Institute for Policy Studies Dr. Sue Mi Terry, Senior Fellow, CSIS Korea Chair; Former Senior Analyst, Central Intelligence Agency; Former National Security Council 3:15 – 3:30 PM COFFEE BREAK 3:30 – 4:45 PM The Regional Dynamics: East-Asia and BeyondSESSION III: Moderator: Dr. Sue Mi Terry, Senior Fellow, CSIS Korea Chair; Former Senior Analyst, Central Intelligence Agency; Former National Security Council ...

The growth of markets is one of the most significant socioeconomic developments to occur in North Korea over the past two decades. While many understand that North Korea now has a thriving market system, the important role that the women of North Korea play is not as well known or appreciated. The CSIS Korea Chair and the North Korea Freedom Coalition invite you to join us for a special event featuring expert discussions on markets and civil society in North Korea as well as a presentation of Beyond Parallel's mapping of 436 officially sanctioned markets across North Korea. The panel discussion will be followed by testimonies from North Korean escapees on the importance of women's roles and experiences in North Korea's markets. 2:00 PM | WELCOMING REMARKSMr. H. Andrew Schwartz, Chief Communications Officer, CSISDr. Suzanne Scholte, Chair, North Korea Freedom Coalition 2:05 PM | SESSION I: Markets and Civil Society in North KoreaMs. Amy Lehr, Director, Human Rights Initiative, CSIS Dr. Victor Cha, Senior Adviser and Korea Chair, CSIS; D.S. Song-KF Professor of Government, Georgetown UniversityDr. Andrew Yeo, Associate Professor and Director of Asian Studies, The Catholic University of AmericaMs. Olivia Enos, Policy Analyst, Asian Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation 2:55 PM | SESSION II: Women in the Markets Dr. Suzanne Scholte, North Korea Freedom CoalitionMs. Lee, Hyo-joo, North Korean Escapee with Experience as Wholesale Market Vendor and Diesel Oil TraderMs. Park, Ji-hye, North Korean Escapee with Experience as Rice and Corn TraderMs. Heo, Cho-hee, North Korean Escapee with Experience as Small Consumer Goods TraderMs. Kim, Ji-young, North Korean Escapee 4:00 PM | ADJOURNMENT This event is made possible by the general support to CSIS.

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 February, describe the geopolitical dynamics surrounding each summit for North Korea, South Korea, and the United States, and assess the possible outcomes, including whether denuclearization is achievable.Hosted by Elizabeth Keller. Audio edited by Ribka Gemilangsari. Written and produced by Jeffrey Bean.      To learn more, read analysis from our experts: “The First Summit Between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un,” CSIS Critical Questions by Sue Mi Terry and Lisa Collins.    “North Korea’s Diplomatic Gambit: Will History Repeat Itself?” Congressional Testimony by Victor D. Cha.  “Bloody Nose Policy on North Korea Would Backfire: Ex-CIA Analysts,” USA Today Opinion by Sue Mi Terry, Jung H. Pak, and Bruce Klinger.  Tune in to our May 7 event live here:  https://www.csis.org/events/spring-summitry-korean-peninsula-peace-breaking-out-or-last-gasp-diplomacy

In this episode we tackle Japan-South Korea collaboration on security issues. To gain insight on the complicated nature of Japan-South Korea security ties, we sat down with Dr. Junya Nishino, a 2017 CSIS Strategic Japan Fellow. Dr. Nishino discusses the evolution of Japan-ROK security collaboration since the Cold War and the opportunities as well as challenges for future cooperation. You’ll also hear from Lisa Collins, a fellow with the CSIS Korea Chair. Lisa explains the divergences between Tokyo and Seoul in their strategic approach to Beijing and discusses the impact the Moon Jae-in administration may have on South Korea’s approach to Japan. Hosted by Will Colson. Audio edited by Liz Mayes. Written and produced by Jeffrey Bean. Read Dr. Nishino's 2017 Strategic Japan working paper here.

In this episode we explore the story of Chinese soccer, or football. As China continues to develop, the country and its leaders are constantly seeking metrics to measure their growth and demonstrate their power to both to their own citizens and the world. Like the Beijing Olympics, the growth of the Chinese soccer league, coupled with the performance of China’s national teams in qualifying for the World Cup, is another benchmark of China’s re-entry to the global stage. This episode features in-depth insights from John Duerden, a journalist covering Asian football for The New York Times and The Guardian, who describes the environment behind the scenes as millions of dollars flow into the Chinese Super League. Dr. Scott Kennedy of the CSIS Freeman Chair and Dr. Victor Cha of the CSIS Korea Chair provide the economic and geopolitical context for Xi Jinping's efforts to jumpstart the Chinese beautiful game and elevate China's soft power. Hosted by Will Colson. Audio editing by Lauren Abuali. Written and produced by Jeffrey Bean.