The Impossible State cover art

All Episodes

The Impossible State — 155 episodes

#
Title
1

Privileged But Powerless

2

Korean Messiah

3

Is the Pivot to Asia Dead?

4

The BTS Homecoming: Does Korea's Soft Power Work?

5

The Four Talent Giants

6

Korea Update: NDS, Coupang and Congress

7

North Korea in 2026: Intentions, Realities, and Response

8

Recalibrating U.S.-ROK Alliance: Strategic Priorities for 2026

9

Is North Korean Denuclearization Dead?

10

What Does China Want?

11

South Korea’s Nuclear Submarine Deal: What’s Next?

12

Upcoming U.S.-ROK Summit and the Future of Inter-Korean Engagement

13

What to Expect? New Leadership in Japan

14

President Lee's First 100 Days

15

Trump and the Autocratic Axis

16

Is China Eating Our Lunch?

17

Are allies or autocrats managing Trump better?

18

The Trump-South Korea Trade Deal: Who Wins?

19

US-South Korea Trade Deal and Alliance Modernization?

20

Special Conversation with Senator Andy Kim

21

Getting Started: The New Lee Jae-myung Government

22

South Korea's New President

23

What Are U.S. and NATO Views on China?

24

Is Trump ready to Re-engage with North Korea?

25

Korea, Japan, and the Tariff War

26

The Future of U.S.-ROK-Japan Trilateral Cooperation

27

The Constitutional Court Decides Yoon's Fate

28

Can Korea Manage Economic Security and Supply Chain Challenges?

29

When Will the Korean Impeachment Crisis End?

30

Implications of South Korea's Political Crisis for Foreign Policy

31

North Korean Troops in Russia: Comrades in Arms or Cannon Fodder?

32

What's Next for the Korean Peninsula Under Trump 2.0?

33

South Korea's Political Crisis

34

Special Discussion with Secretary General Yongho Tae

35

Crossing the Rubicon: North Korea Sends Troops to Russia

36

The Spiral of Tensions: North Korea, Russia, and Ukraine

37

The Black Box

38

Recent Developments in North Korea

39

A Threat Like No Other - The Russia-North Korea Alliance

40

Putin’s Play in NK: The Truth of the Matter Crossover Episode

41

Special Discussion with Ambassador Philip Goldberg

42

Breaking Bad: South Korea's Nuclear Option

43

Assessing South Korea's National Assembly Election

44

Diplomacy or Crisis with DPRK in 2024?

45

Biden Administration's North Korea Policy

46

Is North Korea Really Ready for War?

47

Slow Boil: What to Expect from the DPRK in 2024

48

Anything Afoot in Japan-DPRK Relations in 2024?

49

U.S.-ROK Alliance Under Trump 2?

50

Japan's Foreign Policy in 2024

51

U.S.-Japan-ROK Relations: Next Steps After Camp David

52

The War in Ukraine and Russia-North Korean Arms Transfers: What's Next?

53

The Sister

54

A Renewed Axis: Putin and Kim

55

South Korea's Role in a Taiwan Contingency

56

Reviewing the Camp David Trilateral Summit

57

A Week of Detention and Deterrence on the Korean Peninsula

58

Can the Downward Spiral in China-Korea Relations be Stopped?

59

Deep Dive: North Korea's Missile Threats

60

Republic of Korea State Visit Policy Debrief with DAS Mark Lambert: Live from Georgetown University

61

Yoon's China Policy: The Gloves are off?

62

The Biden-Yoon Summit: Success or Not?

63

Unpacking North Korea’s Isolation- The CommonHealth Crossover Episode

64

Should We Sign a Peace Treaty with North Korea?

65

Do Sanctions Really Work on North Korea?

66

National Strategy for Countering North Korea

67

Japan's New National Defense Strategy: Implications for Korea

68

Countering Chinese Economic Coercion and NK’s Latest Test

69

South Korea’s National Security and the Current Situation on the Korean Peninsula

70

Japan-Korea Relations and DPRK's ICBM Launch

71

Korea’s IRA reaction and 2022 National Defense Strategy on North Korea

72

Shrimp to Whale: South Korea from the Forgotten War to K-Pop

73

VP Harris' Trip to Korea and the Current Situation on the Korean Peninsula

74

Abe's Legacy on Japan-Korea Relations

75

Best of the ROK-US Strategic Forum 2022: Normalization of Korea-Japan Relations

76

Best of the ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum 2022: The Biden-Yoon Summit and Korea’s Pivot to Regional Leadership

77

NK Leadership and The Sister

78

State, Society and Markets in North Korea

79

Best of the ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum 2022: Keynote Address by Daniel J. Kritenbrink

80

North Korea's Missile Threat - The Truth of the Matter Crossover Episode

81

Best of the ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum 2022: Welcoming Remarks by Lee Geun and Keynote Address by Wang Yunjong

82

Korea-US-China Relations

83

Takeaways from the First Biden-Yoon Summit

84

Covid-19 Outbreak in North Korea

85

North Korea’s Burgeoning Missile Threat

86

The North Korean Missile Threat: Expert Roundtable

87

2022 South Korean Presidential Election

88

Yoon Seok-yeol's Foreign Policy with Kim Sung-han

89

Undeclared NK Missile Base 15 Miles from China Border

90

A Look at the South Korean Presidential Election

91

Lee Jae-myung’s Foreign Policy with Wi Sung-lac

92

Best of the ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum 2021: Trilateralism and U.S.-ROK Alliance in Indo-Pacific Region

93

Best of the ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum 2021: Denuclearization and Peace on the Korean Peninsula: Is There a Way Forward?

94

Best of the ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum 2021: U.S.-China Competition and the Alliance

95

Best of the ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum 2021: Keynote Address by First Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong Kun

96

Dovish Hawk? South Korea’s Military Buildup

97

North Korean Human Rights and the Biden Administration

98

North-South Summit Diplomacy Redux

99

Biden-Moon Summit Recap: North Korea, Supply Chains, and Covid-19

100

The Biden-Moon Summit

101

An Engagement Strategy for Hawks

102

Parsing “Denuclearization” of North Korea

103

North Korean Cyber Threats and the "2+2"

104

Covid-19 in North Korea

105

Biden’s Korea Policy

106

The Outlook for North Korea's Economy Post-Pandemic

107

U.S.-Korea-Japan Trilateral Cooperation Under a New Biden Administration

108

A New Strategy for North Korea

109

Nuclear South Korea?

110

Bonus Episode: The Capital Cable with Caroline Kennedy

111

Democratic Erosion

112

North Korea's Triple Whammy

113

Bonus Episode: The Capital Cable with Tae Young-ho

114

The China Shadow

115

Bonus Episode: Living History with Ambassador Robert King

116

Bonus Episode: Living History with Ambassador Alexander Vershbow

117

Bonus Episode: Living History with Ambassador Shin Kak-soo

118

Batting in America: Korean Baseball

119

ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum: Over-the-Horizon: The Future of U.S.-ROK Alliance

120

ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum: Pandemics and the Global Responses

121

ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum: Peace on the Korean Peninsula

122

Bolton Book and NK Blow UP

123

Kim Jong Un Alive and so is North Korea's Missile Program

124

Questions Surrounding Kim Jong Un's Health

125

Big Brother, Solutions & Widespread Distrust

126

COVID-19 in North and South Korea

127

Parasite

128

A Team of Their Own

129

Bonus Episode: Living History with Minister Song Min-soon

130

Soft Diplomacy, Hard Stance

131

The Perfect Storm

132

Revenge Politics

133

Piecing Together the North Korean Jigsaw Puzzle

134

Stalled Outreach and the Way Forward: Live from Georgetown University

135

Getting Worse Before It Gets Better: Live from CSIS

136

No Deal

137

Countdown to Round II

138

The View from Europe

139

The Worldwide Threat Assessment and the Missile Defense Review

140

A Great Deception

141

The Gathering Health Storm Inside North Korea

142

60 Minutes and Whiplash

143

Third Summit

144

Strategizing Engagement

145

Recovery Operations

146

Left Out

147

Grinding It Out

148

Third Visit

149

Verification

150

Where Do We Go from Here?

151

Trailer: The Impossible State

152

Stunning Our Allies

153

Swinging in the Dark: Eve of the June 12 Summit

154

The Summit Saga Continues

155

June 12 Summit Canceled