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Trump 2.0 and the Two Koreas | The Capital Cable #105

January 30, 2025 • 9:30 – 10:15 am EST

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What will a second Trump administration do on the Korean Peninsula? Will he restart summit diplomacy with Kim Jong-un? How will he handle South Korea's political crisis?

Joining Mark Lippert to discuss this and more are Mr. Michael Allen from Beacon Global Strategies, Mr. Hans Nichols from Axios and Mr. Bruce Klingner from The Heritage Foundation.

Michael Allen is Managing Director of Beacon Global Strategies LLC which advises clients on the intersection of business and national security. In the White House from December 2001- January 2009, Mr. Allen served in a variety of national security policy and legislative roles. At the National Security Council, he served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counter-proliferation Strategy from June 2007 to January 2009 under National Security Advisor Steve Hadley. From 2011-2013, Mr. Allen served as the Majority Staff Director of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI). Under Chairman Mike Rogers’ (R-MI) direction, the HPSCI oversaw, authorized, and funded all intelligence programs across the eighteen elements of the intelligence community and led the House of Representatives’ consideration of cyber security legislation.

Hans Nichols is a political reporter at Axios and a co-author of Axios Sneak Peek. He is a former White House and Pentagon correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC, and a White House and international correspondent for Bloomberg.

Bruce Klingner is Senior Research Fellow for Northeast Asia at The Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies Center. From 1996 to 2001, Klingner was CIA’s Deputy Division Chief for Korea, responsible for the analysis of political, military, economic and leadership issues for the president of the United States and other senior U.S. policymakers. In 1993-1994, he was the chief of CIA’s Korea branch, which analyzed military developments during a nuclear crisis with North Korea.

This event is made possible through general support to CSIS. 

Contact Information

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Michael Allen
Managing Director and Partner, Beacon Global Strategies
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Bruce Klingner
Senior Research Fellow for Northeast Asia, The Heritage Foundation