2025 Year in Review: Old Trade Order, Meet the New Trade Order
The new way of doing trade is now largely conditional, transactional, and leveraged by strategic industries
Can Seoul Take the Lead & The Alliance Expand Its Aperture?
The drivers for a South Korean lead role on the peninsula and a broader role for the alliance’s combined defense posture beyond it may be greater than ever.
South Korea Redefines Alliance Burden Sharing After Trump’s Asia Visit
The U.S. push for allies to shoulder greater security burdens converges with South Korean efforts to deepen autonomy.
America’s Nuclear Red Line: Trust in Alliances, Not Proliferation
Americans may debate trade, tariffs, and troop deployments, but they agree that more nuclear weapons make the world less secure.
Trump and Lee Cut a Deal but the Devil in the Details Gets the Last Word
The full picture of the tariff and security negotiations may only become clear once the U.S. and Korea release mutual fact sheets or joint statements.
Future of Korea: Building Connections in the Heart of Michigan
With so much interest in Korea within the United States, there is great potential for South Korea’s public diplomacy to deepen these people-to-people ties.
Future of Korea: Philadelphia’s Human Capital Fueling Global Partnerships
Philadelphia and the state of Pennsylvania can play an outsized role in strengthening people-to-people and business-to-business ties that underpin the U.S.-South Korea alliance.
The U.S.–Japan Investment Deal and What It Means for South Korea
A major subject for continued U.S.-Korea negotiations has been the structure of the USD 350 billion investment fund.
How Lee Jae Myung Hopes to Rebuild Leverage on the Korean Peninsula
A stronger focus on defense by denial could enhance stability and reassure Pyongyang that dialogue remains possible.
Increasing the Value of the “Linchpin” Alliance Between the U.S. and South Korea
Despite shared accomplishments, the allies cannot count on previous cooperation alone to carry their relationship forward.