The Impossible State

By CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies

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North Korea is the Impossible State. Each episode, join the people who know the most about North Korea for an insiders’ discussion with host H. Andrew Schwartz and Victor Cha about one of the United States’ top national security priorities. Email your questions to ImpossibleState@csis.org.

Episode Date
South Korea's Political Crisis
Dec 19, 2024
Special Discussion with Secretary General Yongho Tae
Nov 15, 2024
Crossing the Rubicon: North Korea Sends Troops to Russia
Nov 01, 2024
The Spiral of Tensions: North Korea, Russia, and Ukraine
Oct 25, 2024
The Black Box
Sep 26, 2024
Recent Developments in North Korea
Aug 19, 2024
A Threat Like No Other - The Russia-North Korea Alliance
Jul 01, 2024
Putin’s Play in NK: The Truth of the Matter Crossover Episode
Jun 21, 2024
Special Discussion with Ambassador Philip Goldberg
Jun 14, 2024
Breaking Bad: South Korea's Nuclear Option
May 02, 2024
Assessing South Korea's National Assembly Election
Apr 18, 2024
Diplomacy or Crisis with DPRK in 2024?
Mar 22, 2024
Biden Administration's North Korea Policy
Mar 07, 2024
Is North Korea Really Ready for War?
Feb 15, 2024
Slow Boil: What to Expect from the DPRK in 2024
Jan 31, 2024
Anything Afoot in Japan-DPRK Relations in 2024?
Jan 16, 2024
U.S.-ROK Alliance Under Trump 2?
Dec 20, 2023
Japan's Foreign Policy in 2024
Dec 04, 2023
U.S.-Japan-ROK Relations: Next Steps After Camp David
Nov 09, 2023
The War in Ukraine and Russia-North Korean Arms Transfers: What's Next?
Oct 20, 2023
The Sister
Oct 05, 2023
A Renewed Axis: Putin and Kim
Sep 19, 2023
South Korea's Role in a Taiwan Contingency
Sep 06, 2023
Reviewing the Camp David Trilateral Summit
Aug 30, 2023
A Week of Detention and Deterrence on the Korean Peninsula
Jul 27, 2023
Can the Downward Spiral in China-Korea Relations be Stopped?
Jul 03, 2023
Deep Dive: North Korea's Missile Threats
Jun 14, 2023
Republic of Korea State Visit Policy Debrief with DAS Mark Lambert: Live from Georgetown University
May 19, 2023
Yoon's China Policy: The Gloves are off?
May 15, 2023
The Biden-Yoon Summit: Success or Not?
May 08, 2023
Unpacking North Korea’s Isolation- The CommonHealth Crossover Episode
Apr 24, 2023
Should We Sign a Peace Treaty with North Korea?
Apr 03, 2023
Do Sanctions Really Work on North Korea?
Mar 07, 2023
National Strategy for Countering North Korea
Feb 15, 2023
Japan's New National Defense Strategy: Implications for Korea
Jan 20, 2023
Countering Chinese Economic Coercion and NK’s Latest Test
Dec 16, 2022
South Korea’s National Security and the Current Situation on the Korean Peninsula
Dec 12, 2022
Japan-Korea Relations and DPRK's ICBM Launch
Nov 21, 2022
Korea’s IRA reaction and 2022 National Defense Strategy on North Korea
Nov 04, 2022
Shrimp to Whale: South Korea from the Forgotten War to K-Pop
Oct 14, 2022
VP Harris' Trip to Korea and the Current Situation on the Korean Peninsula
Sep 28, 2022
Abe's Legacy on Japan-Korea Relations
Sep 12, 2022
Best of the ROK-US Strategic Forum 2022: Normalization of Korea-Japan Relations
Aug 30, 2022
Best of the ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum 2022: The Biden-Yoon Summit and Korea’s Pivot to Regional Leadership
Aug 26, 2022
NK Leadership and The Sister
Aug 17, 2022
State, Society and Markets in North Korea
Jul 28, 2022
Best of the ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum 2022: Keynote Address by Daniel J. Kritenbrink
Jul 07, 2022
North Korea's Missile Threat - The Truth of the Matter Crossover Episode
Jun 30, 2022
Best of the ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum 2022: Welcoming Remarks by Lee Geun and Keynote Address by Wang Yunjong
Jun 23, 2022
Korea-US-China Relations
Jun 14, 2022
Takeaways from the First Biden-Yoon Summit
May 26, 2022
Covid-19 Outbreak in North Korea
May 19, 2022
North Korea’s Burgeoning Missile Threat
May 04, 2022
The North Korean Missile Threat: Expert Roundtable
Apr 01, 2022
2022 South Korean Presidential Election
Mar 17, 2022
Yoon Seok-yeol's Foreign Policy with Kim Sung-han
Feb 14, 2022
Undeclared NK Missile Base 15 Miles from China Border
Feb 09, 2022
A Look at the South Korean Presidential Election
Jan 31, 2022
Lee Jae-myung’s Foreign Policy with Wi Sung-lac
Jan 14, 2022
Best of the ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum 2021: Trilateralism and U.S.-ROK Alliance in Indo-Pacific Region
Dec 09, 2021
Best of the ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum 2021: Denuclearization and Peace on the Korean Peninsula: Is There a Way Forward?
Dec 06, 2021
Best of the ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum 2021: U.S.-China Competition and the Alliance
Dec 03, 2021
Best of the ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum 2021: Keynote Address by First Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong Kun
Dec 01, 2021
Dovish Hawk? South Korea’s Military Buildup
Oct 08, 2021
North Korean Human Rights and the Biden Administration
Sep 14, 2021
North-South Summit Diplomacy Redux
Aug 09, 2021
Biden-Moon Summit Recap: North Korea, Supply Chains, and Covid-19
Jun 04, 2021
The Biden-Moon Summit
May 20, 2021
An Engagement Strategy for Hawks
Apr 06, 2021
Parsing “Denuclearization” of North Korea
Mar 23, 2021
North Korean Cyber Threats and the "2+2"
Mar 15, 2021
Covid-19 in North Korea
Feb 17, 2021
Biden’s Korea Policy
Jan 25, 2021
The Outlook for North Korea's Economy Post-Pandemic
Dec 18, 2020
U.S.-Korea-Japan Trilateral Cooperation Under a New Biden Administration
Dec 15, 2020
A New Strategy for North Korea
Nov 24, 2020
Nuclear South Korea?
Nov 02, 2020
Bonus Episode: The Capital Cable with Caroline Kennedy
Oct 16, 2020
Democratic Erosion
Oct 05, 2020
North Korea's Triple Whammy
Sep 10, 2020
Bonus Episode: The Capital Cable with Tae Young-ho
Aug 31, 2020
The China Shadow
Aug 21, 2020
Bonus Episode: Living History with Ambassador Robert King
Aug 03, 2020
Bonus Episode: Living History with Ambassador Alexander Vershbow
Aug 03, 2020
Bonus Episode: Living History with Ambassador Shin Kak-soo
Aug 03, 2020
Batting in America: Korean Baseball
Jul 09, 2020
ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum: Over-the-Horizon: The Future of U.S.-ROK Alliance
Jun 29, 2020
ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum: Pandemics and the Global Responses
Jun 29, 2020
ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum: Peace on the Korean Peninsula
Jun 25, 2020
Bolton Book and NK Blow UP
Jun 19, 2020
Kim Jong Un Alive and so is North Korea's Missile Program
May 08, 2020
Questions Surrounding Kim Jong Un's Health
Apr 25, 2020
Big Brother, Solutions & Widespread Distrust
Apr 15, 2020
COVID-19 in North and South Korea
Apr 01, 2020
Parasite
Jan 27, 2020
A Team of Their Own
Dec 16, 2019
Bonus Episode: Living History with Minister Song Min-soon
Nov 14, 2019
Soft Diplomacy, Hard Stance
Nov 01, 2019
The Perfect Storm
Oct 21, 2019
Revenge Politics
Aug 23, 2019
Piecing Together the North Korean Jigsaw Puzzle
Jun 24, 2019
Stalled Outreach and the Way Forward: Live from Georgetown University
Apr 10, 2019
Getting Worse Before It Gets Better: Live from CSIS
Mar 08, 2019
No Deal
Mar 01, 2019
Countdown to Round II
Feb 22, 2019
The View from Europe
Feb 11, 2019
The Worldwide Threat Assessment and the Missile Defense Review
Jan 31, 2019
A Great Deception
Nov 16, 2018
The Gathering Health Storm Inside North Korea
Nov 02, 2018
60 Minutes and Whiplash
Oct 15, 2018
Third Summit
Sep 25, 2018
Strategizing Engagement
Sep 11, 2018
Recovery Operations
Aug 17, 2018
Left Out
Aug 02, 2018
Grinding It Out
Jul 25, 2018
Third Visit
Jul 12, 2018
Verification
Jul 02, 2018
Where Do We Go from Here?
Jun 19, 2018
Trailer: The Impossible State
Jun 13, 2018
Stunning Our Allies
Jun 13, 2018
Swinging in the Dark: Eve of the June 12 Summit
Jun 07, 2018
The Summit Saga Continues
May 30, 2018
June 12 Summit Canceled
May 25, 2018