Victor D. Cha
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Columns

Essays and opinion for Foreign Affairs, the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Financial Times and others, in reverse chronological order.

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CSIS · Jun 2026
Who Are the G7's Top Performers?
Global Order
CSIS · Jun 2026
The 2026 World Cup: Sports and Conflict
Sport
CSIS · Jun 2026
Strategic Clarity: Reassessing the Value of China to Korea
China
Foreign Affairs · May 2026
Why Japan and South Korea Won't Go Nuclear
Deterrence
Foreign Affairs · Apr 2026
North Korea as It Is: The Case for a Cold Peace
North Korea
Foreign Affairs · Jan 2026
South Korea Can Stand Up to China
China
Washington Post · Oct 2025
China's trade bullying calls for an Article 5with Ellen Kim and Andy Lim
China
Fortune · Oct 2025
The U.S. and South Korea Need to Salvage Their Tariff and Investment Agreementfor the sake of the alliance
Alliance
Foreign Affairs · Jun 2025
How Global Governance Can Survive
Global Order
Foreign Affairs · May 2025
Get Ready for a Big, Bold, and Very Bad North Korea Deal
North Korea
Fortune · Jan 2025
Korea's economy is shrugging off Yoon's impeachment crisis. Don't be fooled
ROK
The Atlantic · Dec 2024
South Korea's Crisis is Nowhere Near Over
ROK
Survival · Dec 2024
Crisis and Covid in North Koreawith Katrin Fraser Katz
North Korea
Financial Times · Dec 2024
The resilience of South Korea's democracy remains in doubt
ROK
Washington Quarterly · Jul 2024
Eyes Wide Open: Strategic Elite Views of S. Korea's Nuclear Options
Deterrence
Yonhap · Jun 2024
The G7 and Korea
Alliances
MSNBC · Jun 2024
Biden needs to disrupt the Russia-North Korea alliance
NK-Russia
Foreign Affairs · Jun 2024
America's Asian Partners Are Not Worried Enough
Alliances
CSIS · Jun 2024
A Threat Like No Other: The Putin-Kim Summit
NK-Russia
Lawfare · May 2023
The Rising Tide of Japan-South Korea Relationswith Christopher Johnstone
Alliances
Foreign Affairs · Feb 2023
America Needs to Reassure Japan and Koreawith Katrin Fraser Katz
Alliances
Foreign Affairs · Jan/Feb 2023
How to Stop Chinese Coercion: The Case of Collective Resilience
China
Washington Post · Mar 2022
Dangerous covid variants could emerge from North Koreawith Katz and J. Stephen Morrison
North Korea
The Hill · Feb 2022
Uyghur Torch Lighting Made Olympics Most Political
Sport
New York Times · Jun 2018
Trump and Kim Have Walked Us Back from the Brink of War
North Korea
New York Times · Mar 2018
What Will Trump Give up for Peace in Korea?
North Korea
Washington Post · Jan 2018
Giving North Korea a ‘Bloody Nose’ Risks American Lives
North Korea
Washington Post · Jul 2017
The Right Way to Play the China Card on North Koreawith Jake Sullivan
China