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What are South Korea's AI ambitions? Capital Cable #107 | 📆 2/27 at 9:30 AM ET 🟡 Andrew Grotto 🟡 Gregory Allen 🟡 @victordcha.bsky.social 🟡 Mark Lippert Register here: www.csis.org/events/south... cc: @csis.org @geopolitics.csis.org

🎙️ The Impossible State Live Podcast: When Will the Korean Impeachment Crisis End? 🗓️ 3/4 | 11:00 – 11:45 am EST Moderated by @victordcha.bsky.social, featuring Washington correspondents Eunjoong Kim (Chosun Ilbo) & Yoojin Kim (Kyunghyang Daily News). Register here: www.csis.org/events/impos...

🔔 Upcoming podcast! The Impossible State Live Podcast: When Will the Korean Impeachment Crisis End? 🗓️ 3/4 | 11:00 am EST Moderated by @victordcha.bsky.social, featuring Washington correspondents Eunjoong Kim (Chosun Ilbo) & Yoojin Kim (Kyunghyang Daily News). 🔗 www.csis.org/events/impos...

What are South Korea's AI ambitions? Capital Cable #107 | 📆 2/27 at 9:30 AM ET 🟡 Andrew Grotto 🟡 Gregory Allen 🟡 @victordcha.bsky.social 🟡 Mark Lippert Register here: www.csis.org/events/south... cc: @csis.org @geopolitics.csis.org

Trump gauges allies based on two criteria: ▪️their trade balance with the US ▪️whether they spend at least 5% of GDP on defense Our updated interactive below 🔽 reveals who is "good" Short answer: No One Where is your country? www.csis.org/analysis/tru... cc @victordcha.bsky.social @csis.org

🗓️ Fri, 3/14 | 12-1:30 PM EDT Join the @mortaracenter.bsky.social and the Georgetown University Asian Studies Program for the launch of "The Black Box: Demystifying the Study of Korean Unification and North Korea" by @victordcha.bsky.social Register here: events.georgetown.edu/mortara/even...

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Trump gauges allies based on two criteria: ▪️their trade balance with the US ▪️whether they spend at least 5% of GDP on defense Our updated interactive below 🔽 reveals who is "good" Short answer: No One Where is your country? www.csis.org/analysis/tru... cc @victordcha.bsky.social @csis.org

Trump's Prism: No Ally Is Good Enough Trump gauges allies based on two criteria: ▪️their trade balance with the U.S. ▪️whether they spend at least 5% of GDP on defense. Our updated interactive below 🔽 reveals who is "good" Short answer: No One Try it for yourself: www.csis.org/analysis/tru...

Trump's Prism: No Ally Is Good Enough Trump gauges allies based on two criteria: ▪️their trade balance with the U.S. ▪️whether they spend at least 5% of GDP on defense. Our updated interactive below 🔽 reveals who is "good" Short answer: No One Try it for yourself: www.csis.org/analysis/tru...

Watch Live Now! In his first few weeks in office, President Trump has taken unprecedented actions in domestic and foreign policy. How are allies and partners responding to the initial signals from the administration? Our @csis.org @geopolitics.csis.org colleagues discuss this and more 🔽

Watch Live Now! In his first few weeks in office, President Trump has taken unprecedented actions in domestic and foreign policy. How are allies and partners responding to the initial signals from the administration? Our @csis.org @geopolitics.csis.org colleagues discuss this and more 🔽

📆 2/18 ⏲️ 1:00 - 2:30 PM In his first few weeks in office, President Trump has taken unprecedented actions in domestic and foreign policy. How are allies and partners responding to the initial signals from the administration? Join our @geopolitics.csis.org colleagues for this discussion next week!

📢 West Coast! Don't miss the #PinkBookTour on "Korea: A New History of South and North" with @victordcha.bsky.social & Ramon Pacheco Pardo SF: shorturl.at/2VagG Stanford: shorturl.at/FVVxe Berkeley: shorturl.at/qXTwQ LA: shorturl.at/LhIcD SD: shorturl.at/acrZL

Our interview with Lee Jae-myung, South Korea’s likely next leader, focused on his foreign policy vision: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

🔔 Upcoming podcast! The Impossible State Live Podcast: Implications of South Korea's Political Crisis for Foreign Policy 🗓️ Feb. 19 | 11:00 – 11:45 am EST Moderated by @victordcha.bsky.social, featuring Ambassador Kathleen Stephens and Dr. Kang Choi. Register: tiny.cc/ftr9001

With a new President and Secretary of State, "one of the key questions regarding policy toward North Korea is whether the United States will continue to advocate for human rights and remain a participant in the UN Human Rights Council." Read more:

📆 2/18 ⏲️ 1:00 - 2:30 PM In his first few weeks in office, President Trump has taken unprecedented actions in domestic and foreign policy. How are allies and partners responding to the initial signals from the administration? Join our @geopolitics.csis.org colleagues for this discussion next week!

How will Trump's new Secretary of State deal with Pyongyang? Will Trump 2.0 echo Trump 1.0, or will there be a greater commitment to human rights? Ambassador Robert R. King, @csis.org Korea Chair Senior Adviser, offers insights. Read here: www.csis.org/analysis/mar...

Capital Cable #106 | Trump, Tariffs, and Trade Wars 📅 2/13 | 9:30 AM ET 🟡 Han-Koo Yeo, former Trade Minister of ROK 🟡 @petereharrell.bsky.social 🟡 @victordcha.bsky.social 🟡 @philuck.bsky.social 🟡 Mark Lippert Register here: www.csis.org/events/trump... cc: @csis.org @geopolitics.csis.org

How should the U.S. fight back against China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea? @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social breaks down the growing threat and how the U.S. should respond to the authoritarian onslaught. Read here: www.bushcenter.org/catalyst/mem...

🎧 NEW: @korea.csis.org is joined by CSIS defense and security experts to discuss North Korea and Russia's cooperation for the war in Ukraine, North Korea's deployment of soldiers to support Russia, the new administration's policy changes, and more. Listen in:

📢 3 more days! Capital Cable #106 | Trump, Tariffs, and Trade Wars 📅 Thursday, 2/13 | 9:30 AM ET 🟡 Han-Koo Yeo, former Trade Minister of ROK 🟡 @petereharrell.bsky.social, former NSC/NEC 🟡 @victordcha.bsky.social 🟡 Mark Lippert Register here: www.csis.org/events/trump...

New WP with @vincentab.bsky.social @ryancbriggs.net. We use LLMs and RAs to track publication trends in polisci. Here’s how subfields have changed in AJPS and JOP osf.io/v7fe8

How will Trump’s tariffs shape the global economy? Could they escalate into trade wars? And what does this mean for U.S. allies like Korea? Join @korea.csis.org on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. for a new episode of The Capital Cable. Register here:

Canada, Mexico and Brazil would be hard hit by US tariffs on steel and aluminum • Tariffs could put EU in tricky spot; universal US tariffs may not warrant EU retaliation if bloc isn't singled out • In Europe, US tariffs on metals would hurt Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden & Luxembourg most

📆 2/13 ⏲️ 9:30 - 10:15 AM How will Trump’s tariffs shape the global economy? What does this mean for U.S. allies like Korea? 🟡 Han-Koo Yeo, former Trade Minister of ROK 🟡 Peter Harrell, former NSC/NEC 🟡 @victordcha.bsky.social @csis.org 🟡 Mark Lippert Register here: www.csis.org/events/trump...

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📆 2/13 ⏲️ 9:30 - 10:15 AM How will Trump’s tariffs shape the global economy? What does this mean for U.S. allies like Korea? 🟡 Han-Koo Yeo, former Trade Minister of ROK 🟡 Peter Harrell, former NSC/NEC 🟡 @victordcha.bsky.social @csis.org 🟡 Mark Lippert Register here: www.csis.org/events/trump...

🌏 Resilient Allied Energy Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific @geopolitics.csis.org John Hamre, @csis.org President and CEO: "We have profound shared interest in making sure that energy security is guaranteed for all of our countries. We'll do that better when we're working together."

Session 2 on ROK-Japan Cooperation in Joint Development Zone now! Speakers - Rep. Ami Bera - Seong-ik Oh - Makoto Seta Moderated by @geopolitics.csis.org @korea.csis.org Ellen Kim Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLtU...

Watch our @csis.org conference now on Resilient Allied Energy Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific. An all-star lineup of speakers, including Senator Dan Sullivan and Rep. Ami Bera! Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYtX...