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A National Security Strategy of Retreat Leaves Asia to Manage the Consequences
Washington embraces an America First worldview that blends isolationism with U.S. primacy and pushes allies and partners to the margins.
North Korea’s Strategic Play in an Era of Great Power Confrontation
After decades of diplomatic isolation, economic destitution and marginalisation in the post-Cold War era, North Korea is returning as a destabilising force.
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...
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.
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.
Why South Korea’s Maneuverability on the Taiwan Issue is Shrinking
South Korea has long benefited from strategic ambiguity on Taiwan, but the narrowing space between the U.S. and China makes this increasingly difficult.
Power on Parade but Crisis at Home as North Korea’s Economy Wavers
The Kim regime has weathered adversity before, but today’s convergence of inflation, fiscal opacity, and decay poses deeper, more structural challenges.
Trump’s AI Action Plan Belies Contradictions Between Innovation and Security
The Trump administration’s AI action plan appears to be a whole-of-government effort to accelerate the growth and proliferation of U.S. AI technology.
Security Agenda for Trump-Lee Summit May Renew Abandonment Concerns
Trump’s disbelief in the value of U.S. forces in South Korea is long-standing and unchanged, and may impact the upcoming summit.
From Peaceful Unification to Two Koreas? Paradigm Shifts in Inter-Korean Relations
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.