Victor Cha

Hertford College, Oxford | occupation = Political scientist, former senior U.S. security official | employer = Georgetown University | organization = Center for Strategic and International Studies | other_names = Cha Yu-deok | birth_date = | birth_place = }} Victor D. Cha (, born 1960) is an American political scientist.

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. He was George W. Bush's top advisor on North Korean affairs. 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). Provided by Wikipedia