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[2024 in Review] Wither the Nuclear-based Alliance?
Clint Work
December 31, 2024
Assuming Yoon is eventually removed from office, a South Korean presidential election is held, and a progressive ROK administration returns to office—with markedly different national security and foreign policy priorities—it is unlikely the NCG’s expedited progress reviewed above will continue apace. Yet only time will tell exactly how it will evolve in the future.
South Korea and the Study of Middle Powers
Jeffrey Robertson
September 28, 2023
It’s fair to imagine that by this stage, an objective observer would caution against using the middle power term to describe South Korea.
The Future of the Indo-Pacific as Envisioned at Camp David: A Korean Perspective
Hanbyeol Sohn
September 6, 2023
The “Spirit of Camp David” pledged that the three countries would make the Indo-Pacific “thriving, connected, resilient, stable, and secure.”
Camp David and the New Normal of U.S.-Japan-Korea Trilateralism
Terrence Matsuo
September 5, 2023
Although the vision outlined at Camp David has potential to advance U.S.-Japan-Korea objectives, there remain obstacles to its success.
The Economic Components of the Camp David Trilateral Summit
Tom Ramage
August 23, 2023
The Camp David Summit marks the beginning of a new era and has implications far beyond security cooperation.
Yoon Advances Diplomatic Goals at the G7 Summit
Terrence Matsuo
June 9, 2023
At the recent G7, Yoon Suk Yeol made progress in realizing his foreign policy vision of Korea as the “global pivotal state.”
Tasks Ahead for the Nuclear Consultative Group
Hanbyeol Sohn
May 16, 2023
The Washington Declaration and NCG, amid North Korean nuclear threats, embodies the expectation, promise, and blueprint of the two countries.
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