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The Impossible State Live Podcast: Cold Peace: Engaging DPRK to Reduce Risk and Threat

May 19, 2026 • 11:00 – 11:45 am EDT

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How can we look for ways to engage North Korea, understand the reality of its nuclear status, while at the same time mitigating and reducing risk, and perhaps find a way to establish a peaceful environment that might one day lead to some type of denuclearization? Moderated by Mr. Sydney Seiler, this episode examines new frameworks proposed in Dr. Victor Cha’s recent Foreign Affairs article, “North Korea as It Is: The Case for a Cold Peace." The episode features Amb. Joseph Yun, former U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy and Chargé d’Affaires ad interim in Seoul, and Mr. Adam Farrar, former NSC Director for the Korean Peninsula and Mongolia and non-resident Senior Associate with the Korea Chair at CSIS.

A recording of the event will be available on-demand following the livestream. An audio-only version of the show will be available in the Impossible State podcast feed on all platforms.

This event is made possible by the generous support of CSIS.

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Joseph Yun

Joseph Yun

Former Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, U.S. Embassy Seoul; Former U.S. Special Presidential Envoy, Former U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy, U.S. Department of State
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Adam Farrar
Senior Geoeconomics Analyst for Asia-Pacific, Bloomberg; Senior Associate (Non-resident), Korea Chair
May 19, 2026 • 11:00 – 11:45 am EDT
The Impossible State Live Podcast: Cold Peace: Engaging DPRK to Reduce Risk and Threat