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Following a recent North Korean cyber attack on Sony Pictures, the United States is facing new questions about how to interact with Pyongyang on the international stage. Some experts have suggested the US can leverage its working relationship with China, a traditional ally of Pyongyang, to help drive its interests in the North. But many aren't so optimistic. In this lecture, Korea expert Victor Cha will explore the challenges each country faces in dealing with North Korea, and how the Pyongyang question changes the calculus for Sino-US relations—potentially even offering opportunities for greater cooperation. With today's White House dealing with these very issues, this is an event you won't want to miss.
Victor D. Cha is director of Asian Studies and holds the D.S. Song Chair at Georgetown University. In 2009, he was named as Senior Adviser and the inaugural holder of the new Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC. He left the White House in May 2007 after serving since 2004 as Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council. At the White House, he was responsible primarily for Japan and the Korean Peninsula, was the Deputy Head of Delegation for the United States at the Six Party Talks in Beijing, and received two Outstanding Service commendations during his tenure at the NSC. He is the author of five books, including most recently "The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future," which was selected by Foreign Affairs as a best book of 2012 on the Asia-Pacific. He had a cameo role (as himself) in the action film “Red Dawn," released in November 2012.
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