The South Korea-U.S. alliance, which marks its 70th birthday on July 27, has delivered significant dividends for both parties, but is also facing new frictions on both the strategic and economic fronts against the backdrop of a rising China.
gains a louder voice, and as a partnership aimed at deterring North Korea now has ambitions far beyond the tense, divided peninsula.renewing its commitment to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the recent “Washington Declaration,” agreed to by President Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol during Mr. Yoon’s April state visit to the White House, established the bilateral Nuclear Consultative Group. It also touched on a still-sensitive nerve here — Can the South truly rely on the U.S.
“I have heard that notion,” Mr. Lee admitted. He argued for not politicizing the issue, but suggested that a cost-benefit analysis should be conducted on whether it is better for The NGC “is a very important first step,” said Kim Hyun-wook of the Korea Diplomatic Academy, but added, “I don’t think this is the final outcome.”for patching up relations with Tokyo, where a feud between its two key East Asian allies has long bedeviled U.S. strategic policy for the region. “Trilateral security cooperation with Japan is a huge step forward,” said Alison Hooker of American Global Strategies. “I commend President Yoon for his huge step.
The flag was met with angry protests by the prior Seoul government, due to its connections to Japan’s militarist past. The 2018 brouhaha led a Japanese vessel to cancel a visit to the Jeju naval review.remains reluctant to commit to any role in the defense of Taiwan against a possible Chinese attack. Mr. Biden has been outspoken on the matter, stating that — regardless of the ambiguities of the Taiwan Relations Act — the U.S. military will fight for the island.
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