This week Mike joins Victor Cha, President, Geopolitics and
Foreign Policy Department and Korea Chair. From 2021 to 2025, he was appointed
by Joseph R. Biden administration to serve on the Defense Policy Board in an
advisory role to the secretary of defense. From 2004 to 2007, he served on the
National Security Council (NSC) and was responsible for Japan, Korea,
Australia/New Zealand, and Pacific Island nations. They discuss South Korea's
recently failed coup in 2024, and the future of South Korean international
relations in the region.
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