This after four turbulent years under President Donald Trump.
We started taking a look at his Cabinet picks earlier this week let’s pick up where we left off with Dr. Go Myong-hyun, Senior Fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies.
Dr. Go, thanks for coming back to wrap up our discussion.
So, we’ve been trying to take a pulse of what we can expect from the incoming Biden administration particularly regarding North Korea, South Korea, U.S. alliance and Washington’s policy vis-a-vis the Korean peninsula.
We discussed Tony Blinken as the President-elect’s pick for his Secretary of State, Jake Sullivan as his National Security Advisor. Quite possibly Michele Flournoy.
Now, Center for a New American Security, a think tank co-founded by Michele Flournoy released a report arguing the incoming Biden administration should try to have South Korea play a key role in America’s Indo Pacific vision. What would this entail?
As the Biden administration makes Cabinet appointments, we heard from South Korea’s intel agency that North Korea’s overseas missions recently received orders from their headquarters in Pyeongyang not to show unnecessary hostility to the U.S. as Washington undergoes power transition following Joe Biden’s election win.
Is this a sign that North Korea is, in its own way, gearing up for a Biden administration? Perhaps, making policy changes more suitable for the new U.S. administration?
When you were with us last time, you said you were looking to President-elect Biden’s pick director of the CIA as most dealings with North Korea have been through the CIA channel.
One name that’s emerged is Tom Donilon, a veteran diplomat and national security adviser to former President Barack Obama.
Michael Morell, who was the CIA’s deputy director and acting director of the agency twice under Obama, is also reportedly being considered.
How will Washington’s North Korea policy differ under these two figures?
What North Korea does from now until the early days of the Biden administration will set the tone of Washington’s North Korean policy.
Now, with the current South Korean administration ever so keen to revive diplomatic talks with North Korea, what could be the ultimate best-case-scenario?
With a new line-up being unveiled in Washington, do you think South Korea and the U.S. can better coordinate in dealing with various bilateral issues and of course, North Korea?
With the Moon Jae-in administration drawing closer to its end, how can South Korea play a key role in guiding both the U.S. and the North to some sort of common grounds?
Dr. Go Myong-hyun, senior fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, many thanks for your expertise. We appreciate it.
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