Victor Cha
American presidential advisor (born 1960) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Victor D. Cha (Korean: 차유덕; RR: Cha Yu-deok, born 1960) is an American political scientist.
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Born | 1960 (age 63–64) United States |
Nationality | American |
Other names | Cha Yu-deok |
Alma mater | Columbia University (BA, MIA, PhD) Hertford College, Oxford (MA) |
Occupation(s) | Political scientist, former senior U.S. security official |
Employer | Georgetown University |
Organization | Center for Strategic and International Studies |
Political party | Republican |
He is a former Director for Asian Affairs at the White House National Security Council (NSC) during the George W. Bush administration, with responsibility for Japan, North and South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand.[1] He was George W. Bush's top advisor on North Korean affairs.[2] He currently holds the D. S. Song-Korea Foundation Chair in Asian Studies and previously served as Director of the Asian Studies program in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Cha is also senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).[3]