Victor Cha is former director for Asian affairs on the National Security Council and served as deputy head of the U.S. delegation for the six-party talks in the George W. Bush administration.
As South Korea faces a growing spectrum of security threats, Seoul must conduct a comprehensive national security review including the enhancement of economic and technology expertise, a bottom-up review including the intelligence community, and the configuration of optimal defense capabilities.
It’s not enough to ask China to pressure Pyongyang to set up a U.S.-North Korea negotiation. China has to be a central part of the negotiation, too.
This half-day conference brings together experts on North Korea from the United States and Japan to sift through the latest information on North Korea’s economy, military, and society.
Over the past five decades, bilateral relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea have far surpassed those of the previous sixteen centuries, yet the scars of the past continue to challenge efforts toward more fundamental reconciliation and deeper collaboration.
In the decades since the Agreed Framework was struck, successive American presidential administrations seem to have exhausted available policy tools in an effort to curtail North Korea’s growing nuclear and missile capabilities.
The Beijing Olympics mark China’s emergence as a global leader, but present risks that could mar its reputation. Risks include logistical organization, pollution, security, and political protests.
