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The Impossible State Podcast: Episode 8: Grinding It Out
July 31, 2018 Jonathan Cheng, the Seoul bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, joins resident experts Victor Cha and Sue Mi Terry by phone to discuss the specter of North Korea’s latest dismantling efforts and more.

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Stunning Our Allies
July 31, 2018 | Victor Cha, Michael J. Green, H. Andrew Schwartz

H. ANDREW SCHWARTZ: North Korea is the impossible state. It’s a place that’s stumped leaders and policymakers for more than three decades.

REPORTER: (From recording.) There’s Kim Jong-un right there. Here comes the president of the United States. And just like...


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The Impossible State Podcast: Episode 7: Third Visit
July 30, 2018 | Andrew Philip Hunter, Victor Cha Resident North Korea experts Victor Cha and Sue Mi Terry discuss Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s latest visit to North Korea. They also weigh in on the possibility of Kim Jong Un’s appearance at the 2018 United Nation General Assembly meeting in September.

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Counting Down to Tariff Time
July 27, 2018 | Scott Miller, William Alan Reinsch, H. Andrew Schwartz

In this episode, the Trade Guys discuss the mayhem right before the United States pulls the trigger on imposing tariffs on China.

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Goodbye to Harley Davidson and the WTO?
July 27, 2018 | Scott Miller, William Alan Reinsch, H. Andrew Schwartz

In this episode, Trade Guys Bill Reinsch and Scott Miller discuss Harley Davidson’s decision to outsource some of their production and why it has upset the President.

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Are Tariffs the Greatest?
July 25, 2018 | Scott Miller, William Alan Reinsch, H. Andrew Schwartz In this episode, the Trade Guys discuss whether this is a harbinger of the president’s latest plan to slap 25 percent tariffs on foreign autos and auto parts as the administration makes the argument that auto imports may be a threat to national security. 

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Transatlantic Relations at a Crossroads: A Conversation with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker
July 25, 2018 | John J. Hamre

Following his meeting with President Donald J. Trump, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has offered his vision of Europe and transatlantic relations in a changing world.

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U.S. Protectionism and the EU-Japan Trade Deal
July 19, 2018 | Scott Miller, William Alan Reinsch, H. Andrew Schwartz

In this episode, the Trump administration digs in. This week the United States filed separate complaints against China, the EU, Canada, Mexico, and Turkey.

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Hearing from the Heartland
July 16, 2018 | Scott Miller, William Alan Reinsch, H. Andrew Schwartz In this episode, the Trade Guys welcome a special guest from the heartland. Blake Hurst is a third-generation farmer and the president of the Missouri Farm Bureau.

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The Impossible State Podcast: Episode 6: Verification
July 3, 2018 | H. Andrew Schwartz Rebecca Hersman, the director of the Project on Nuclear issues at CSIS who is a former WMD non-proliferation expert with the Defense Department, discusses the challenges and mechanics of complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization in North Korea.

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Trade War Hitting A Fever Pitch
June 22, 2018 | Scott Miller, William Alan Reinsch, H. Andrew Schwartz

In this episode of The Trade Guys, Scott Miller and Bill Reinsch put President Trump’s notion that trade wars are “good, and easy to win” to the test.

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Press Briefing: Allied and Partner Contributions to NATO: Redefining Security Investment
June 21, 2018

CSIS hosted a press briefing on an upcoming report by Kathleen Hicks and Jeffrey Rathke ahead of the 2018 NATO summit (July 11-12).

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