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South Korea faces the prospect of a new Japanese government less inclined to confront historical issues.

Despite shared accomplishments, the allies cannot count on previous cooperation alone to carry their relationship forward.

It is time for Korea’s leadership to remember the risk of inadvertently snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

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South Korea has long benefited from strategic ambiguity on Taiwan, but the narrowing space between the U.S. and China makes this increasingly difficult.