Memory Serves: How Tariffs and Chips Anchor U.S.-Korea Economic Strategy
Korea’s dominance in high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips presents an opportunity and strategic imperative for cooperation with the United States.
Between Beijing and Washington: South Korea’s Alliance Dilemma in the Trump-Lee Era
The Trump administration is asking Asian allies to contribute more to their defense and collectively step up military coordination to deter China.
Toward a U.S.–South Korea Alliance Renaissance
Washington and Seoul must cast their vision to the broader challenge of shaping regional peace and prosperity.
Korean Investment Will Keep Coming but Washington Must Unclog the Talent Pipeline
If Washington wants the strategic benefits that come with Korean FDI, it will need to align immigration policy with the industrial strategy it has chosen.
What Lee Jae Myung’s Washington Debut Says About South Korea’s Foreign Policy
Trump and Lee are off to a good start, but it’s crucial for both that substantive discussions and agreements are codified in writing.
New Leadership, New Priorities for the U.S.–South Korea Alliance
The primary challenge may be whether Trump and Lee can abandon “America First” and “Korea first” instincts to “Make the Alliance Great Again.”
Recalibration in South Korea and the Indo-Pacific
Pressure falls on the Lee administration to manage the U.S.-Korea alliance and restore comity among contending parties at home amid severe polarization.
How South Korean Investment Brings Latent Capacity to U.S. Naval Power
Where U.S. domestic industrial capacity has withered, foreign investment could intervene to halt further degradation of the U.S. shipbuilding industry.
Future of Korea: How Las Vegas is Driving Korean American Innovation
The Las Vegas region has become a powerful driver of trade, business, and people-to-people ties between the United States and South Korea.
Is North Korea the Next Target of Trump’s Search for a Deal?
Donald Trump apparently wants to reconnect with Kim Jong Un, but it’s unclear what a potential third summit might mean for denuclearization.