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📢Last week to apply: Spring/Summer 2026 Interns!
Applications for the @csis.org Korea Chair Spring/Summer 2026 internship close this week.
Gain hands-on experience in Korean policy, research, and analysis at D.C.'s leading think tank.
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NEW @csis.org REPORT (A thread⬇️)
The Yelabuga UAV Factory in Russia is a real-world example of the deepening collaboration between the so-called CRINK countries of China, Russia, Iran and North Korea.
In this episode of CSIS' "The Capital Cable", Ramón Pacheco Pardo joins other leading Korean experts Sydney Seiler and Lami Kim to unpack everything you need to know about the Ninth Party Congress in the DPRK. Hosted by Mark Lippert.
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In Berlin for the next 3 days for a conference. Any suggestions welcomed!
LiVE NOW on @csis.org @korea.csis.org The Impossible State | APARC's Gi-Wook Shin discusses his book, The Four Talent Giants: how Japan, Australia, China, and India built economic power by using distinct national human resources development strategies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=THR2...
🧵The U.S. Supreme Court declared President Trump’s use of IEEPA to impose global tariffs against U.S. trading partners illegal. @geopolitics.csis.org assesses how governments and key sectors around the world are likely to react.
Learn more: www.csis.org/analysis/sta...
@korea.csis.org expert @victordcha.bsky.social notes that both the U.S. and South Korea face 2026 elections that will be seen as a popular mandate of government policies, raising the stakes of answering the questions now posed on the status of the joint trade agreement.
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Tomorrow | The Trump administration recently released the 2026 National Defense Strategy, outlining defense priorities for the next four years. @korea.csis.org discusses implications for Asia.
Listen in: https://www.csis.org/events/trumps-national-defense-strategy-and-asia-capital-cable-128
NEW @csis.org @geopolitics.csis.org imagery analysis and AIS data collection find that China started relocating the Atlantic Amsterdam from inside the Provisional Measures Zone (PMZ), Jan 27.
Read our story by @victordcha.bsky.social, Jennifer Jun and AMTI 🔽
beyondparallel.csis.org/china-begins...
Friday | @korea.csis.org hosts a special live recording of The Impossible State to discuss North Korea's direction in 2026, focusing on the diplomatic front with Moscow, Beijing, and beyond.
Register to watch here: www.csis.org/events/impos...
NEW @csis.org imagery analysis and AIS data collection finds that China has begun relocating the Atlantic Amsterdam from inside the Provisional Measures Zone (PMZ) on January 27.
Read our new story by @victordcha.bsky.social, Jennifer Jun and AMTI 🔽
@csis.org launched China’s Weaponization of Trade with @victordcha.bsky.social, Ellen Kim, and @andysaulim.com—documenting 600+ cases of China’s economic coercion.
Join our conversation with insights from experts @bethanyallen.bsky.social and Melanie Hart.
📺 ICYMI:
Thank you everyone for coming to our book launch for China's Weaponization of Trade. Thanks to @willtodman.bsky.social, Melanie Hart, @bethanyallen.bsky.social and @victordcha.bsky.social for an important conversation on economic coercion, and a shoutout to all our interns who worked on the book!
STARTING NOW: @korea.csis.org and @geopolitics.csis.org host a book launch for @victordcha.bsky.social, Ellen Kim and @andysaulim.com's new book: China's Weaponization of Trade: Resistance Through Collective Resilience.
Watch here:
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🔴 HAPPENING NOW | China’s Weaponization of Trade
Join us for the book launch of @csis.org @geopolitics.csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social, Ellen Kim, and @andysaulim.com, where experts discuss China’s use of economic coercion.
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TODAY 2PM | China’s Weaponization of Trade
Join us for the book launch of @csis.org @geopolitics.csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social, Ellen Kim, and @andysaulim.com, where experts discuss China’s use of economic coercion.
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It's finally out! Get your copy of China's Weaponization of Trade from@columbiaup.bsky.social
This book couldn't have been possible without the steadfast patience and ingenuity of @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social and Ellen Kim and research help from dozens of former interns
Any feedback welcome!
IN 2 DAYS | China’s Weaponization of Trade
Join us for the book launch of @csis.org @geopolitics.csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social, Ellen Kim, and @andysaulim.com, where experts discuss China’s use of economic coercion.
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Don't forget to join us for our book launch event with @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social & others on January 21 at CSIS.
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🪙China’s Weaponization of Trade🪙
Join us for the book launch of @csis.org @geopolitics.csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social, Ellen Kim, and @andysaulim.com, where experts discuss China’s use of economic coercion.
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TOMORROW | 8:45 AM EST
What will the Indo-Pacific look like in 2026? Join @csis.org @geopolitics.csis.org experts as they break down the future of the U.S. alliance network, regional economies, tech competition, and the rise of authoritarian power.
👉 RSVP: www.csis.org/events/indo-...
THIS FRIDAY | December 19, 2025 | 9:30 AM ET
On this week’s Capital Cable, @csis.org Mark Lippert, @victordcha.bsky.social, @sydseiler.bsky.social, and
@brookings.edu Andrew Yeo forecast what's ahead for the Korean Peninsula in 2026.
🔗This Friday: www.csis.org/events/what-...
NEW: China’s Strategic Economic Coercion to Korea
In the first of a three-part @csis.org Korea Chair series on China's Strategic Value to Korea, @victordcha.bsky.social looks at the likelihood of China's economic coercion against Korea.
Watch here ▶️ youtu.be/30iXc6cKRQc
China has been building structures in and around the Korea-China Provisional Measures Zone.
@csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social observes these activities mirror Beijing's "creeping sovereignty" grey zone tactics previously used.
🎥10-minute explainer:
China is now doing in the West Sea what it did in the South China Sea. And no one is paying attention — here is a quick explainer.
China's buoys and structures in the Korea-China PMZ and vessel harassment mirror Beijing's "creeping sovereignty" tactics used in the South and East China Seas.
@csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social gives policy recommendations for U.S. and Korea.
Read here⬇️ beyondparallel.csis.org/creeping-sov...
China's buoys and structures in the Korea-China PMZ and vessel harassment mirror Beijing's "creeping sovereignty" tactics used in the South and East China Seas.
@csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social gives policy recommendations for U.S. and Korea.
Read here: beyondparallel.csis.org/creeping-sov...