The Impossible State

The Impossible State

53 episodes

North Korea is the Impossible State. Each week join the people who know the most about North Korea—The Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Victor Cha, Mike Green, and Sue Mi Terry—for an insider's discussion with host H. Andrew Schwartz about the United States’ top national security priority. Email your questions to ImpossibleState@csis.org.

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

Published: Nov. 9, 2023, 5:03 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 10 seconds

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

Published: Oct. 20, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 50 seconds

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The Sister

Published: Oct. 5, 2023, 6:01 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 46 seconds

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A Renewed Axis: Putin and Kim

Published: Sept. 19, 2023, 1:36 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 36 seconds

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South Korea's Role in a Taiwan Contingency

Published: Sept. 6, 2023, 2:57 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 45 seconds

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Reviewing the Camp David Trilateral Summit

Published: Aug. 30, 2023, 5:33 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 34 seconds

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A Week of Detention and Deterrence on the Korean Peninsula

Published: July 27, 2023, 4:39 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 20 seconds

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

Published: July 3, 2023, 5:51 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 7 seconds

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Deep Dive: North Korea's Missile Threats

Published: June 14, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 55 seconds

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

Published: May 19, 2023, 3:55 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 58 seconds

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Yoon's China Policy: The Gloves are off?

Published: May 15, 2023, 3:38 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 43 seconds

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The Biden-Yoon Summit: Success or Not?

Published: May 8, 2023, 3:57 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 8 seconds

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Unpacking North Koreas Isolation- The CommonHealth Crossover Episode

Published: April 24, 2023, 4:34 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 4 seconds

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Should We Sign a Peace Treaty with North Korea?

Published: April 3, 2023, 2:21 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 46 seconds

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Do Sanctions Really Work on North Korea?

Published: March 7, 2023, 7:51 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 20 seconds

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National Strategy for Countering North Korea

Published: Feb. 15, 2023, 8 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 51 seconds

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Japan's New National Defense Strategy: Implications for Korea

Published: Jan. 20, 2023, 2:03 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 59 seconds

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Countering Chinese Economic Coercion and NKs Latest Test

Published: Dec. 16, 2022, 8:41 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 22 seconds

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South Koreas National Security and the Current Situation on the Korean Peninsula

Published: Dec. 12, 2022, 7:56 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 43 seconds

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Japan-Korea Relations and DPRK's ICBM Launch

Published: Nov. 21, 2022, 4:57 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 46 seconds

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Koreas IRA reaction and 2022 National Defense Strategy on North Korea

Published: Nov. 4, 2022, 4:35 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 5 seconds

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

Published: Oct. 14, 2022, 2:11 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 57 seconds

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

Published: Sept. 28, 2022, 5:40 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 13 seconds

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Abe's Legacy on Japan-Korea Relations

Published: Sept. 12, 2022, 8:35 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 5 seconds

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

Published: Aug. 30, 2022, 4:28 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 24 seconds

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

Published: Aug. 26, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 7 seconds

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NK Leadership and The Sister

Published: Aug. 17, 2022, 8:10 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 17 seconds

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State, Society and Markets in North Korea

Published: July 28, 2022, 2:32 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 59 seconds

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

Published: July 7, 2022, 5:47 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 11 seconds

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

Published: June 30, 2022, 5:41 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 48 seconds

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

Published: June 23, 2022, 2:49 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 9 seconds

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Korea-US-China Relations

Published: June 14, 2022, 3:08 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 25 seconds

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Takeaways from the First Biden-Yoon Summit

Published: May 26, 2022, 3:13 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 3 seconds

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Covid-19 Outbreak in North Korea

Published: May 19, 2022, 3:23 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 4 seconds

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North Koreas Burgeoning Missile Threat

Published: May 4, 2022, 2:23 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 16 seconds

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The North Korean Missile Threat: Expert Roundtable

Published: April 1, 2022, 4:16 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 45 seconds

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2022 South Korean Presidential Election

Published: March 17, 2022, 2:53 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 38 seconds

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

Published: Feb. 14, 2022, 8:07 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 58 seconds

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Undeclared NK Missile Base 15 Miles from China Border

Published: Feb. 9, 2022, 4:16 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 3 seconds

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A Look at the South Korean Presidential Election

Published: Jan. 31, 2022, 8:06 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 34 seconds

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Lee Jae-myungs Foreign Policy with Wi Sung-lac

Published: Jan. 14, 2022, 8:13 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 3 seconds

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

Published: Dec. 9, 2021, 2:04 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 20 seconds

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

Published: Dec. 3, 2021, 3:07 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 14 seconds

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

Published: Dec. 1, 2021, 5:24 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 27 seconds

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Dovish Hawk? South Koreas Military Buildup

Published: Oct. 8, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 39 seconds

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North Korean Human Rights and the Biden Administration

Published: Sept. 14, 2021, 2:55 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 8 seconds

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North-South Summit Diplomacy Redux

Published: Aug. 9, 2021, 1:17 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 58 seconds

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

Published: June 4, 2021, 8:08 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 1 second

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The Biden-Moon Summit

Published: May 20, 2021, 3:33 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 54 seconds

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An Engagement Strategy for Hawks

Published: April 6, 2021, 12:43 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 26 seconds

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Parsing Denuclearization of North Korea

Published: March 23, 2021, 7:14 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 15 seconds

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North Korean Cyber Threats and the "2+2"

Published: March 15, 2021, 7:36 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 18 seconds

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Covid-19 in North Korea

Published: Feb. 17, 2021, 2:19 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 22 seconds

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Bidens Korea Policy

Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 3:56 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 38 seconds

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The Outlook for North Korea's Economy Post-Pandemic

Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 5:17 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 32 seconds

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

Published: Dec. 15, 2020, 9:46 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 13 seconds

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A New Strategy for North Korea

Published: Nov. 24, 2020, 7:25 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 22 seconds

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Nuclear South Korea?

Published: Nov. 2, 2020, 8:34 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 36 seconds

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Bonus Episode: The Capital Cable with Caroline Kennedy

Published: Oct. 16, 2020, 2:35 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 31 seconds

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Democratic Erosion

Published: Oct. 5, 2020, 2:01 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 19 seconds

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North Korea's Triple Whammy

Published: Sept. 10, 2020, 6:11 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes

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Bonus Episode: The Capital Cable with Tae Young-ho

Published: Aug. 31, 2020, 5:25 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 43 seconds

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The China Shadow

Published: Aug. 21, 2020, 12:40 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 54 seconds

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Bonus Episode: Living History with Ambassador Robert King

Published: Aug. 3, 2020, 5:41 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes

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Bonus Episode: Living History with Ambassador Alexander Vershbow

Published: Aug. 3, 2020, 5:38 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 1 second

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Bonus Episode: Living History with Ambassador Shin Kak-soo

Published: Aug. 3, 2020, 5:34 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 59 seconds

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Batting in America: Korean Baseball

Published: July 9, 2020, 3:44 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 55 seconds

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

Published: June 29, 2020, 4:28 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 23 seconds

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

Published: June 29, 2020, 4:22 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 17 seconds

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

Published: June 25, 2020, 3:04 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 48 seconds

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Bolton Book and NK Blow UP

Published: June 19, 2020, 1:03 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 14 seconds

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

Published: May 8, 2020, 7:19 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 24 seconds

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Questions Surrounding Kim Jong Un's Health

Published: April 25, 2020, 8:56 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 39 seconds

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Big Brother, Solutions & Widespread Distrust

Published: April 15, 2020, 6:07 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 24 seconds

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COVID-19 in North and South Korea

Published: April 1, 2020, 6:36 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 21 seconds

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Parasite

Published: Jan. 27, 2020, 7:44 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 16 seconds

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A Team of Their Own

Published: Dec. 16, 2019, 10:05 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 12 seconds

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Bonus Episode: Living History with Minister Song Min-soon

Published: Nov. 14, 2019, 6 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 40 seconds

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Soft Diplomacy, Hard Stance

Published: Nov. 1, 2019, 8 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 45 seconds

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The Perfect Storm

Published: Oct. 21, 2019, 7:15 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 2 seconds

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Revenge Politics

Published: Aug. 23, 2019, 9:15 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 51 seconds

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Piecing Together the North Korean Jigsaw Puzzle

Published: June 24, 2019, 5:45 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 38 seconds

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Stalled Outreach and the Way Forward: Live from Georgetown University

Published: April 10, 2019, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 22 seconds

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Getting Worse Before It Gets Better: Live from CSIS

Published: March 8, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 29 seconds

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No Deal

Published: March 1, 2019, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 19 seconds

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Countdown to Round II

Published: Feb. 22, 2019, 3:15 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 21 seconds

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The View from Europe

Published: Feb. 11, 2019, 10:15 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 34 seconds

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The Worldwide Threat Assessment and the Missile Defense Review

Published: Jan. 31, 2019, 7:15 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 37 seconds

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A Great Deception

Published: Nov. 16, 2018, 2 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 24 seconds

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The Gathering Health Storm Inside North Korea

Published: Nov. 2, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 13 seconds

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60 Minutes and Whiplash

Published: Oct. 15, 2018, 6:30 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 11 seconds

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Third Summit

Published: Sept. 25, 2018, 9:30 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 9 seconds

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Strategizing Engagement

Published: Sept. 11, 2018, 2 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 34 seconds

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Recovery Operations

Published: Aug. 17, 2018, 4:45 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 1 second

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Left Out

Published: Aug. 2, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 49 seconds

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Grinding It Out

Published: July 25, 2018, 6:45 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 42 seconds

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Third Visit

Published: July 12, 2018, 12:15 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds

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Verification

Published: July 2, 2018, 7:15 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 11 seconds

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Where Do We Go from Here?

Published: June 19, 2018, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 41 seconds

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Trailer: The Impossible State

Published: June 13, 2018, 3 a.m.
Duration: 1 minute 18 seconds

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Stunning Our Allies

Published: June 13, 2018, 12:45 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 16 seconds

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Swinging in the Dark: Eve of the June 12 Summit

Published: June 7, 2018, 2:15 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 6 seconds

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The Summit Saga Continues

Published: May 30, 2018, 12:15 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 31 seconds

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June 12 Summit Canceled

Published: May 25, 2018, 6:30 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 49 seconds

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