Northeast Asia

A soldier stands guard at a checkpoint on the Grand Unification Bridge which leads to the inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, South Korea, June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji - RC2RAH9I02ID

Podcast Episode

Why has North Korea escalated tensions in the run-up to the Korean War anniversary?

Jung H. Pak and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, June 25, 2020

A view of an explosion of a joint liaison office with South Korea in border town Kaesong, North Korea in this picture supplied by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on June 16, 2020. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. - RC2NAH9GE646

North Korea

Ratcheting up in North-South Korea tensions to come

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

A view of an explosion of a joint liaison office with South Korea in border town Kaesong, North Korea in this picture supplied by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on June 16, 2020. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC2NAH9W6YWK

North Korea

Tensions rise after North Korea blows up liaison office

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. and Chinese flags are adjusted before the opening session of trade negotiations between U.S. and Chinese trade representatives at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

China

It’s not a lie, it’s a tweet

Sheena Chestnut Greitens, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson

Slate Political Gabfest

Friday, May 29, 2020

Reports

Staff members place boxes in chairs before the National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Palace in Taipei, Taiwan, October 10, 2019. REUTERS/Eason Lam - RC1A7C3144B0

Taiwan

Taiwan’s January 2020 elections: Prospects and implications for China and the United States

Kharis Templeman

December 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hold a bilateral meeting during the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, August 25, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC1B90DB2B30

Japan

The stress test: Japan in an era of great power competition

Richard C. Bush, Lindsey Ford, Ryan Hass, Adam P. Liff, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Jonathan D. Pollack, Mireya Solís, Bruce Jones, Laura McGhee, and Ted Reinert

October 2019

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches a missile launch at an unidentified location in North Korea, in this undated image provided by KCNA on August 7, 2019. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. - RC1C228C97D0

North Korea

US-DPRK negotiations: Time to pivot to an interim agreement

August 2019

China's President Xi Jinping holds a welcome ceremony for U.S. President Donald Trump at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1A35CB9F20

China

Rethinking US-China competition: Next generation perspectives

Tarun Chhabra, Rush Doshi, Ryan Hass, Mira Rapp-Hooper, Bruce Jones, and Will Moreland

June 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un walk together before their working lunch during their summit at the Capella Hotel on the resort island of Sentosa, Singapore June 12, 2018. Picture taken June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

North Korea

U.S. policy and Pyongyang’s game plan: Will we accept a nuclear-armed North Korea?

Evans J.R. Revere

August 2018

Blog Posts

News report on Kim Jong-Un, May 3, 2020 : A screen shows local TV station's report on North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un at a train station in Seoul, South Korea. According to local media, Kim Jong-Un's absence from an annual event marking the April 15 birth anniversary of his late grandfather and the North's founder Kim Il-Sung had spawned media speculation about ill health of the North Korean leader. North Korean media reported on May 2 that Kim attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a fertilizer factory. Kim Jong-Un appeared in public for the first time in 20 days last week. (Photo by Lee Jae-Won/AFLO) (SOUTH KOREA) No Use China. No Use Taiwan. No Use Korea. No Use Japan.

Order from Chaos

Why North Korea-US relations will remain stable unless Kim really needs coronavirus aid

Sheena Chestnut Greitens

Monday, May 18, 2020

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - Senior officials from South Korea attend a conference call between President Moon Jae-in and the leaders of the Association of 10 Southeast Asian Nations, China and Japan at the Cheong Wa Dae presidential office in Seoul, South Korea on April 14, 2020. The summit was held to discuss ways to address the new Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. (NO RESALE)

Order from Chaos

Moon’s moment in the sun

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (front) visits the Taesongsan General Hospital being built by the People's Army in this picture released by the North Korea's KCNA news agency in Pyongyang January 20, 2013. KCNA said the hospital covering a total plot of more than 100,000 square meters has three sick wards. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

Order from Chaos

How US support for North Korea’s dire medical system could help build trust

Annika Betancourt

Monday, April 20, 2020

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Events

Webinar: Japan & China – Balancing globalization and national security

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM EDT

The Army’s strategy in the Indo-Pacific

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM EST

Asia Transnational Threats Forum: Climate change in Asia

1:30 PM - 4:45 PM EST

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Related Books

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China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations

Contributions by Adam P. Liff

2019

Uncharted Strait

By Richard C. Bush

2013

No Exit: North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, and International Security book cover

No Exit: North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, and International Security

By Jonathan D. Pollack

2011

Experts

Sheena Chestnut Greitens

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies

@sheenagreitens

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Multimedia

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guides artillery fire competition in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 20, 2020. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. - RC2XNF9LIL0G

North Korea

All things North Korea

Jung H. Pak and Mike Safoshcnik

Mike Safo Podcast

Friday, May 22, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the Third Enlarged Meeting of the Seventh Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in this undated photo released on December 22, 2019 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. - RC2ZZD9GVBIF

North Korea

North Korea’s public health vulnerability

Jung H. Pak, Daniel Russell, and Kee B Park

Asia In-Depth

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Floral tributes are seen in front of statues of North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung and late leader Kim Jong Il at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun to commemorate the 108th birth anniversary of the North Korean founder, in this undated image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on April 16, 2020. KCNA/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. - RC2A5G935950

North Korea

Becoming Kim Jong Un

Jung H. Pak, Arielle Landau, Grace Kier, and Samantha Barnes

BigNukeEnergy

Monday, May 11, 2020

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