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Yoon’s Unilateral Statesmanship Will Fail Without Reciprocation From JapanBoth South Korea and Japan have a stake in stabilizing their bilateral relationship. The sustainability of efforts to do so is at risk in the absence of acts of statesmanship by both President Yoon and Prime Minister Kishida.
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Women This Week: Alarming Global Setbacks in Women’s HealthWelcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers February 18 to February 24.
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Beyond U.S. Credibility Concerns: Factors Driving the Nuclear Weapons Debate in South KoreaThe public debate in South Korea over nuclear weapons reflects South Korean desires to have greater agency over their own security, shaped by factors beyond concerns over U.S. credibility.
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How a New U.S.-South Korea Deal Can Deter the North Korean Nuclear ThreatThe United States and South Korea should pursue an expanded nuclear agreement that supports the production of civilian nuclear power and enhances extended deterrence against the North Korean threat.
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South Korea’s Revitalized “Three-Axis” SystemAmid the intensifying North Korean nuclear and missile threat, South Korea urgently needs to revitalize and refine its “Three-Axis” system.
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What South Korea’s Indo-Pacific Strategy Says About the Development of a “Yoon Doctrine”Whether South Korea’s recently released Indo-Pacific Strategy will be considered the “de facto foreign policy doctrine” of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration will depend on its implementation.
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Strengthening the “Comprehensive Strategic Alliance” Between the United States and South KoreaSang Hyun Lee, president of the Sejong Institute; Jung-Yeop Woo, senior research fellow at the Sejong Institute; Sue Mi Terry, director of the Wilson Center's Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy; and Bruce Klingner, senior research fellow for Northeast Asia at the Heritage Foundation, will be discussing the coordination of North Korea policy under the U.S.-South Korea alliance.
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North Korea Has Escalated Its Military Provocations. Here’s Why.North Korea seeks to exploit major-power rivalries and weaken U.S.-South Korea ties with its ramped-up missile testing. Already, it has ratcheted up nuclear tensions on the Korean Peninsula to their highest level in years.
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Solidarity in Support of Freedom: South Korean President Yoon’s UN SpeechSouth Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol delivered his first speech to the UN General Assembly that outlined a daunting list of global challenges requiring a collective response through UN-based cooperation.
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Potential Dependency Oversight in U.S.-South Korea Chip PolicyOversight by the United States and South Korea may open them up to an undesirable reliance on China for older semiconductors that remain critical to the global economy.
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Why North Korea Might Reject Yoon Suk-yeol’s Audacious InitiativeThere are at least three reasons why the North Koreans are likely to reject South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's "audacious" initiative outlined in his Liberation Day speech.
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U.S.-South Korea Military Drills, Iran Nuclear Deal Diplomacy, Ukraine’s Independence Day, and MoreThe United States and South Korea hold joint military drills amid mounting tough rhetoric from North Korea; nuclear deal negotiations continue as Iran responds to the European Union’s most recent draft of a revived agreement; and Ukraine marks its Independence Day six months after the Russian invasion began.
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The Evolution of South Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Policy DebateThe evolving policy debate over nuclear weapons acquisition in South Korea has implications for the security framework of the Korean Peninsula and greater Northeast Asian region, as well as for U.S. response options.
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Anticipating a U.S.-South Korea Semiconductor AllianceA wholesale semiconductor alliance between the United States and South Korea needs to be preceded by clear communication, improved transparency, and greater interdependence to foster trust and better manage alliance relations.
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2022 Conference on Diversity in International AffairsThe 2022 Conference on Diversity in International Affairs was a collaborative effort by the Council on Foreign Relations, the Global Access Pipeline, and the International Career Advancement Program.