Asia Division - Related In the News

Associated Press, 05/28/09, North Korea

KLockhart — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Bloomberg, Nicholas Szechenyi, 05/28/09, North Korea

KLockhart — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Associated Press, Nicholas Szechenyi, 05/27/09, North Korea

KLockhart — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Los Angeles Times, Michael Green, 5/27/09, China's attitude toward N.Korea

KLockhart — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Congressional Quarterly, 5/21/09, New CSIS Korea Chair

KLockhart — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400

WTOP Radio, Bonnie Glaser, 5/19/09, China

KLockhart — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400

President Bush to Sign Measure for Looser Restrictions on Arms Sales to South Korea.

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

U.S. lawmakers have loosened restrictions on military arms sales to South Korea, a largely symbolic move that labels the country a strategic ally on par with Japan and Australia. [. . .]

But Derek Mitchell, senior fellow for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the move is more significant for symbolic reasons than for actual business practicality.

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North Korean Bar Inspectors at Nuclear Site.

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400

North Korea’s move to resume the reprocessing of plutonium, perhaps as soon as next week, left the country on the verge of restarting a nuclear weapons program whose shutdown had been portrayed by the White House as a significant diplomatic achievement. [. . .]

Derek J. Mitchell, a former Defense Department official now at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said that the American insistence on extracting a verification system was justified and probably difficult for Mr. Bush and his most hawkish aides to accept otherwise.

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The Role of the Chinese Diaspora in Sino-Indonesian Relations.

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400

China’s importance to the burgeoning economies of Southeast Asia has increased remarkably since the mid-1990s.

Derek Mitchell, a Senior Fellow with the CSIS International Security Program, was quoted by Reuters, "Bush to Walk Careful

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400

U.S. President George W. Bush will likely have to walk a careful line when he visits South Korea next week -- pushing to rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons while sidestepping several other tense fights. [. . .]

"Certainly the president doesn't have much time and it's somewhat of a legacy issue for him," said Derek Mitchell, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies who worked in the Clinton administration.

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