On the podcast this week, we explore the disconcerting reports out of North Korea in recent days. CSIS Korea Chair Dr. Victor Cha joins to discuss what the latest missile tests, expanding nuclear weapons capability, and alleged public executions of top leadership mean for Kim Jong-un’s regime. We…
By Xinyi Yang & David A. Parker The “One Belt, One Road” (1BR) has quickly emerged as Chinese president Xi Jinping’s signature foreign policy concept. An expansive effort anchored in planned infrastructure projects stretching across the Eurasian continent and even…
By Murray Hiebert & Phuong Nguyen Vietnam boosted its military spending by 113 percent between 2004 and 2013, the largest increase among Southeast Asian countries. Defense spending has accounted for around 2 percent of the country’s gross domestic product since…
By Phuong Nguyen The revelation on March 11 that Washington expressed concern to Hanoi about Russia’s use of Cam Ranh Bay to assist its bomber flights in the Asia Pacific has again prompted a debate on the role of…
In this week’s episode Wadhwani Chair Rick Rossow joins us fresh from New Delhi, to discuss President Obama’s trip to India and the current state of the U.S.-India relations. Then we turn to the next two years on the Korean…
By Truong-Minh Vu With the presence of Vietnamese prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung and South Korean president Park Geun-hye, the agreement that marked the conclusion of Vietnam-Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement (VKFTA) was signed in Seoul on December 10.…
By Jack Fenwick The 14th annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit came to a close in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on September 12 with a prominent political agreement in tow: India and Pakistan are expected to be inaugurated into the ranks of…
Who is she? Federica Mogherini, 41, is the newly appointed high representative for foreign affairs and security policy and vice president of the European Commission. A socialist Italian politician and political scientist, in February she became the youngest foreign minister in…
By Haibin Niu & Nicole White President Xi Jinping’s recently concluded trip to Latin America signals a new wave of China’s multilateral diplomacy. Building on previous leaders’ regional initiatives such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the Forum on…
By Victor Cha Vladimir Putin is a threat to Asia. Let me explain why. His invasion of Georgia in 2008 and now Ukraine are blatant acts of aggression. Placing troops in Crimea is a violation of the sovereignty of another…
