The Fall 2024 issue of Korea Policy, Broadening the Alliance: New Frontiers in US-South Korea Cooperation, is focused on the US-ROK alliance.

President Yoon Suk-yeol, like many of his peers, try to disentangle likely changes in US economic policies by the second Trump administration.

China-North Korea relations remain stable to some extent, but they have also weathered perennial strains and an enduring mutual distrust.

It is likely that the Senate will fail to act on the North Korean Human Rights Act before adjourning in December.

Veteran officials, including former Trump administration officials, anticipate that the president-elect will want to return to negotiations.

What is certain is that US defense and military officials will increasingly view the alliance through the lens of US-China competition.