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The Impossible State

North Korea is the Impossible State. Each week join the people who know the most about North Korea—The Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Victor Cha, Mike Green, and Sue Mi Terry—for an i... Read more

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A Great Deception

A Great Deception

David Sanger of the New York Times and resident Korea expert Victor Cha weigh in on the recent CSIS findings of 16 hidde... Read more

16 Nov 2018

28mins

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Stunning Our Allies

Stunning Our Allies

Victor Cha, the former deputy head of the U.S. delegation to the Six-Party talks during the George W. Bush administratio... Read more

13 Jun 2018

41mins

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Trailer: The Impossible State

Trailer: The Impossible State

North Korea is the impossible state. For over 45 years no American president has figured it out. Now, the stakes may be ... Read more

13 Jun 2018

1min

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Where Do We Go from Here?

Where Do We Go from Here?

Special guests Ambassador Robert King, the former special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, and Joseph Kim, a ... Read more

19 Jun 2018

41mins

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Swinging in the Dark: Eve of the June 12 Summit

Swinging in the Dark: Eve of the June 12 Summit

The world’s top Korea watchers, Victor Cha, Sue Mi Terry, and Mike Green, discuss the upcoming June 12 Summit in Singapo... Read more

7 Jun 2018

50mins

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Bonus Episode: Living History with Minister Song Min-soon

Bonus Episode: Living History with Minister Song Min-soon

This bonus episode comes from CSIS's Beyond Parallel Living History video series. We invite former South Korean Minister... Read more

14 Nov 2019

9mins

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The Gathering Health Storm Inside North Korea

The Gathering Health Storm Inside North Korea

Stephen Morrison, the director of CSIS’ Global Health Policy Center and resident Korea expert Victor Cha, discuss Morris... Read more

2 Nov 2018

39mins

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60 Minutes and Whiplash

60 Minutes and Whiplash

Resident experts Victor Cha and Sue Mi Terry weigh in on the president's latest "60 Minutes" interview. They also discus... Read more

15 Oct 2018

25mins

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Piecing Together the North Korean Jigsaw Puzzle

Piecing Together the North Korean Jigsaw Puzzle

In this episode, Andrew and CSIS’s Victor Cha welcome Anna Fifield, Beijing Bureau Chief of the Washington Post. Fifield... Read more

24 Jun 2019

25mins

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Stalled Outreach and the Way Forward: Live from Georgetown University

Stalled Outreach and the Way Forward: Live from Georgetown University

In this second-ever live episode, students of CSIS Korea Chair Victor Cha’s “Modern Asia” class join host Andrew Schwart... Read more

10 Apr 2019

48mins

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Soft Diplomacy, Hard Stance

Soft Diplomacy, Hard Stance

In this episode, Andrew talks with resident North Korea expert Victor Cha, and Dr. Kang Choi, acting president of the As... Read more

1 Nov 2019

31mins

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The Perfect Storm

The Perfect Storm

In this episode, Andrew talks with resident North Korea experts Victor Cha and Sue Mi Terry about the failed U.S.-North ... Read more

21 Oct 2019

25mins

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Revenge Politics

Revenge Politics

In this episode, Andrew and Dr. Victor Cha welcome a special guest. Dr. Katrin Katz is the Adjunct Fellow in the Office ... Read more

23 Aug 2019

25mins

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Grinding It Out

Grinding It Out

Jonathan Cheng, the Seoul bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, joins resident experts Victor Cha and Sue Mi Terry b... Read more

25 Jul 2018

31mins

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The Worldwide Threat Assessment and the Missile Defense Review

The Worldwide Threat Assessment and the Missile Defense Review

Tom Karako, senior fellow with the International Security Program and director of the Missile Defense Project at CSIS, j... Read more

31 Jan 2019

27mins

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Verification

Verification

Rebecca Hersman, the director of the Project on Nuclear issues at CSIS who is a former WMD non-proliferation expert with... Read more

2 Jul 2018

31mins

Ranked #17

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The View from Europe

The View from Europe

In this episode, experts discuss the upcoming Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi. CSIS's Korea Chair, Victor Cha, and host H. And... Read more

11 Feb 2019

28mins

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Left Out

Left Out

Motoko Rich, the Tokyo bureau chief for The New York Times, joins CSIS's Victor Cha by phone to discuss the view from Ja... Read more

2 Aug 2018

33mins

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Getting Worse Before It Gets Better: Live from CSIS

Getting Worse Before It Gets Better: Live from CSIS

In this first live episode of The Impossible State, four esteemed guests join host H. Andrew Schwartz to discuss the lat... Read more

8 Mar 2019

47mins

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No Deal

No Deal

Dr. Michael Green, Senior Vice President for Asia at CSIS, joins host Andrew Schwartz to discuss the aftermath of the la... Read more

1 Mar 2019

24mins

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