19 Facts About Victor Cha

Victor D Cha is an American political scientist currently serving as president of the Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Victor Cha is a former Director for Asian Affairs at the White House National Security Council during the George W Bush administration, with responsibility for Japan, North and South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand.

Victor Cha was George W Bush's top advisor on North Korean affairs.

Victor Cha was born in the early 1960s in the United States.

Victor Cha received a BA in economics from Columbia University in 1983, an MA in philosophy, politics, and economics from Hertford College, Oxford, in 1986, an MIA from Columbia, and a PhD in political science from Columbia in 1994 with a dissertation titled Alignment despite antagonism: Japan and Korea as quasi-allies.

In December 2004, Victor Cha joined the National Security Council as Director for Asian Affairs.

Victor Cha served as the US Deputy Head of Delegation for the Six Party Talks.

Victor Cha received two Outstanding Service commendations during his tenure at the White House.

Victor Cha returned to Georgetown in late 2007 after public service leave.

Victor Cha is a senior adviser at the CSIS on Asian affairs.

Victor Cha is a member of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee.

Victor Cha is the author of numerous articles, books, and other works on Asian security.

Victor Cha authored Alignment Despite Antagonism: The US-Korea-Japan Security Triangle, which received the 2000 Ohira Book Prize.

Victor Cha wrote this in response to previous research on the subject, which he felt focused too heavily on their respective historical antagonism.

In 2005, Victor Cha co-authored Nuclear North Korea: A Debate on Engagement Strategies with Professor David Kang of Dartmouth College and its Tuck School of Business.

The co-authors presented their respective viewpoints on the best way to handle the Korean conflict, with Victor Cha presenting a more "hawkish" approach and Kang presenting his more "dovish" arguments.

Victor Cha published Beyond the Final Score: The Politics of Sport in Asia in 2009.

Victor Cha published a book on East Asian security in 2016, Powerplay: The Origins of the American Alliance System in Asia.

Victor Cha has published articles on international relations and East Asia in International Security, Foreign Affairs, Survival, Political Science Quarterly, International Studies Quarterly, Orbis, Armed Forces and Society, Journal of Peace Research, Security Dialogue, Australian Journal of International Affairs, Asian Survey, Journal of East Asian Studies, Asian Perspective, the Japanese Journal of Political Science and The Washington Post.