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A North Korea expert’s Bayesian update (KOR)

An economist argues that Washington and Seoul should not shift to merely managing Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal because the regime’s internal economic weakness still leaves room for denuclearization diplomacy.

2026.7.15

A North Korea expert’s Bayesian update

2026.7.14

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U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on April 2, 2025. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Court ruling could cut reciprocal tariffs to zero, raise questions over terms of Korea-U.S. trade deal: Expert

A possible Supreme Court ruling against the legality of U.S. President Donald Trump's country-specific tariffs could bring the levies on Korea down to zero from 15 percent, an expert said Thursday.

2026.1.9

Chung Mong-joon, founder and honorary chairman of the Seoul-based Asan Institute of Policy Studies, left, and Kurt Campbell, former U.S. deputy secretary of State, attend a forum hosted by the Asan Institute of Policy Studies at a hotel in Seoul on April 23. [NEWS1]

Trump's fixation with tariffs ignores strategic considerations with Seoul, U.S. security experts warn

The Donald Trump administration’s tariff offensive and shifting defense priorities are raising alarm among former U.S. officials, who warn that the South Korea-U.S. alliance may be reshaped without sufficient bilateral consultation.

2025.4.24

Victor Cha, president of the geopolitics and foreign policy department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, speaks during a public hearing held by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in Washington on Wednesday. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Washington should ask Seoul about using U.S. troops in Korea in Taiwan contingency, experts tell U.S. Senate

The U.S. should consult South Korea about the possibility of using American forces stationed on the peninsula in potential armed conflicts nearby, such as Taiwan, foreign policy experts told members of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday.

2025.3.27

Victor Cha, the Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, speaks during an interview with Yonhap News Agency. [YONHAP]

Korea’s political turmoil seen as 'worst case' for Trump 2.0, U.S. relations, expert says

Korea's continuing political turmoil in the wake of President Yoon Suk Yeol's botched martial law attempt will be the "worst case scenario" for the start of the second Trump administration, a prominent U.S. expert said Thursday.

2024.12.13

Victor Cha, senior vice president for Asia and Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies [YONHAP]

U.S. expert calls North Korean HEU facility disclosure 'bold' move related to U.S. election

A prominent U.S. scholar on Monday described North Korea's recent disclosure of a uranium enrichment facility as a "bold" move related to the U.S. presidential election, noting that Pyongyang tends to be more "belligerent" in election season.

2024.9.24

Victor Cha, senior vice president for Asia and Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), speaks at the JoongAng-CSIS Forum in Seoul in December 2022. [WOO SANG-JO]

South Korea saved itself from Indo-Pacific isolation: Victor Cha

The Yoon Suk Yeol administration “saved Korea from self-isolation in the Indo-Pacific” through taking a clearer stance amid the intensifying U.S.-China competition, said former White House official Victor Cha.

2023.4.23

Victor Cha, senior vice president and Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), speaks during a press conference held at the U.S. think tank in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. [YONHAP]

U.S. should prepare for possible deployment of nuclear assets to South Korea: U.S. think tank

The United States should consider possible deployment of U.S. nuclear weapons to South Korea in the future, a U.S. think tank said Wednesday, in what it called "pre-decisional" efforts to lay groundwork for the possible deployment in the future.

2023.1.19

From left: former Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, CSIS President John Hamre, Prof. Kim Jae-cheol, Foreign Affairs Editor Daniel Kurtz-Phelan and Prof. Choi Wooseon discuss U.S. foreign policy at the JoongAng-CSIS Forum ″The Alliance in Turbulent Times″ at the Shilla Hotel in Jung District, central Seoul on Thursday. [WOO SANG-JO]

At CSIS forum, experts survey 'more tense' geopolitical landscape

Cooperation between the United States and South Korea is key to resolving Seoul's worries over the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a White House official said at the JoongAng – CSIS Forum in Seoul on Thursday.

2022.12.1