# The Impossible State A podcast by CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies. North Korea is the Impossible State. Each episode, join the people who know the most about North Korea for an insiders’ discussion with host Victor Cha about one of the United States’ top national security priorities. Feed: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CSIS7809212597 ## Latest episodes - [Bridge to Beijing? Kim Jong-un Crosses the Yalu](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/f48c5d19645e) (2026-10-27, 27 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS9266529362.mp3 - [Missile Madness: Prelude to Summit?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/6b812ffa3cba) (2026-10-23, 37 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS8328345766.mp3 - [Brewing Korea Crisis? Mines, Missiles, & POWs](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/90c8ff53710b) (2026-10-09, 36 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS4230364730.mp3 - [Lips and Teeth? China, North Korea, and the Korean Peninsula](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/3d7294bb97a1) (2026-09-25, 43 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS4975995714.mp3 - [Poisoning the Well: U.S.-Korea Trade Tension](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/074bc3ad588b) (2026-08-03, 48 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS3669715842.mp3 - [What is North Korea learning from Russia's war in Ukraine?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/5267f8449e3f) (2026-07-01, 51 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS7252551227.mp3 - [How Should the United States Counter the CRINK Axis?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/443be4cb76ed) (2026-06-12, 47 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS1806437656.mp3 - [The CRINK Challenge: Implications for North Korea and Global Security](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/67024f21c9cc) (2026-06-10, 48 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS6639900236.mp3 - [Cold Peace: Engaging DPRK to Reduce Risk and Threat](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/468549e2dd0d) (2026-05-27, 46 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS2919546481.mp3 - [Privileged But Powerless](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/23b1e0cf638d) (2026-05-13, 36 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS9635502078.mp3 - [Korean Messiah](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/b5c92be7b08e) (2026-05-05, 38 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS1637183890.mp3 - [Is the Pivot to Asia Dead?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/e6ff2dd7ebde) (2026-04-23, 40 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS5988837575.mp3 - [The BTS Homecoming: Does Korea's Soft Power Work?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/4808474bc4e6) (2026-04-08, 30 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS1693383604.mp3 - [The Four Talent Giants](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/78405fc60551) (2026-03-02, 41 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS1060996922.mp3 - [Korea Update: NDS, Coupang and Congress](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/cd0b40d61b35) (2026-02-13, 41 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS5497973604.mp3 - [North Korea in 2026: Intentions, Realities, and Response](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/f98260baba1d) (2026-02-02, 48 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS4773059747.mp3 - [Recalibrating U.S.-ROK Alliance: Strategic Priorities for 2026](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/cadd7709aaeb) (2026-01-16, 43 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS9864113480.mp3 - [Is North Korean Denuclearization Dead?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/075485e1e58f) (2025-12-09, 45 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS9865699801.mp3 - [What Does China Want?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/79365da4bd51) (2025-11-24, 39 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS3296519412.mp3 - [South Korea’s Nuclear Submarine Deal: What’s Next?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/663984fb4b0e) (2025-11-14, 38 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS7769448671.mp3 - [Upcoming U.S.-ROK Summit and the Future of Inter-Korean Engagement](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/a34cfc1d99d9) (2025-10-22, 39 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS8546125107.mp3 - [What to Expect? New Leadership in Japan](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/6fe5056c756f) (2025-10-15, 42 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS4120720883.mp3 - [President Lee's First 100 Days](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/d69bfc84ee4a) (2025-10-06, 44 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS8021154383.mp3 - [Trump and the Autocratic Axis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/9fb80e20dabe) (2025-09-29, 46 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS1376539443.mp3 - [Is China Eating Our Lunch?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/5623413dfbad) (2025-09-15, 36 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS2834352456.mp3 - [Are allies or autocrats managing Trump better?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/c0a6e26bcd9b) (2025-09-02, 29 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS5239135559.mp3?updated=1756827492 - [The Trump-South Korea Trade Deal: Who Wins?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/56e1dbc4a48a) (2025-08-04, 33 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS2480154032.mp3 - [US-South Korea Trade Deal and Alliance Modernization?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/60b45520a198) (2025-07-28, 35 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS2009270305.mp3?updated=1753720793 - [Special Conversation with Senator Andy Kim](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/abbf6b03a6c9) (2025-07-03, 34 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS3892116485.mp3?updated=1751572542 - [Getting Started: The New Lee Jae-myung Government](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/9342210c490b) (2025-06-24, 35 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS3644123695.mp3?updated=1750778602 - [South Korea's New President](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/c8e052acf860) (2025-06-09, 44 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS6329986310.mp3?updated=1749489822 - [What Are U.S. and NATO Views on China?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/13d59d4ce9a3) (2025-05-30, 42 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS4190299181.mp3?updated=1748634816 - [Is Trump ready to Re-engage with North Korea?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/df3e95918959) (2025-05-06, 39 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS7158232449.mp3?updated=1746558338 - [Korea, Japan, and the Tariff War](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/39af59bd4161) (2025-04-21, 39 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS2239473742.mp3?updated=1745260766 - [The Future of U.S.-ROK-Japan Trilateral Cooperation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/6de6ba5403a5) (2025-04-11, 35 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS9894566858.mp3?updated=1744384885 - [The Constitutional Court Decides Yoon's Fate](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/814d08b83fe2) (2025-04-07, 47 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS9956243118.mp3?updated=1744060995 - [Can Korea Manage Economic Security and Supply Chain Challenges?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/5d04a22662b9) (2025-03-21, 41 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS2337389631.mp3?updated=1742570275 - [When Will the Korean Impeachment Crisis End?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/6d7985161953) (2025-03-07, 38 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS9011371002.mp3?updated=1741371173 - [Implications of South Korea's Political Crisis for Foreign Policy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/e208c33da61e) (2025-02-21, 46 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS6149628091.mp3?updated=1741029392 - [North Korean Troops in Russia: Comrades in Arms or Cannon Fodder?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/7fea31df1d81) (2025-02-07, 48 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS9636978008.mp3?updated=1738942525 - [What's Next for the Korean Peninsula Under Trump 2.0?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/b028549c2ed3) (2025-01-24, 39 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS9347792929.mp3?updated=1737668472 - [South Korea's Political Crisis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/5d9fa72b5c55) (2024-12-19, 49 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS6589660890.mp3?updated=1734572761 - [Special Discussion with Secretary General Yongho Tae](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/26d6f3b96c1e) (2024-11-15, 41 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS3856424917.mp3?updated=1731533357 - [Crossing the Rubicon: North Korea Sends Troops to Russia](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/4435b788371d) (2024-11-01, 47 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS1765101316.mp3?updated=1730408158 - [The Spiral of Tensions: North Korea, Russia, and Ukraine](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/a250b7d35581) (2024-10-25, 47 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS7982787563.mp3?updated=1729693907 - [The Black Box](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/dcbe2c549a8b) (2024-09-26, 31 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS4924453902.mp3?updated=1727380235 - [Recent Developments in North Korea](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/bc231b8554be) (2024-08-19, 49 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS4546383450.mp3?updated=1724085125 - [A Threat Like No Other - The Russia-North Korea Alliance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/2028c83bd822) (2024-07-01, 47 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS5922711636.mp3?updated=1719857186 - [Putin’s Play in NK: The Truth of the Matter Crossover Episode](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/579ff54e5d66) (2024-06-21, 17 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS5286939695.mp3?updated=1718999557 - [Special Discussion with Ambassador Philip Goldberg](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1389951701/bec5aeee84a9) (2024-06-14, 35 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS4294362612.mp3?updated=1718379256 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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