What to Expect from the Two Koreas in 2026? | The Capital Cable #126

What to expect from the Korean Peninsula in 2026? Will U.S. president Donald Trump meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un? Will there be another inter-Korean summit? Will we see a return to negotiations with North Korea, or will we see more conflict in 2026? What about regional relations? Will North Korea-Russia cooperation continue unfettered next year? How about relations with China, will we see Chinese economic coercion in South Korea, and will China continue its grey zone tactics in the Yellow Sea? 

Joining us to answer these questions and more are CSIS' Victor Cha, Sydney Seiler, Mark Lippert and Andrew Yeo of the Brookings Institution.

Sydney Seiler was the national intelligence officer for North Korea at the National Intelligence Council from 2020 to 2023 and is one of the nation’s top experts on North Korea.

Andrew Yeo is a senior fellow and the SK-Korea Foundation Chair at the Brookings Institution’s Center for Asia Policy Studies. He is also a professor of politics at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
 

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