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The US-ROK Alliance in 2021: Back on Track?

With a cost-sharing deal finally agreed, what lies ahead for the U.S.-South Korea alliance?

By Ankit Panda
March 12, 2021
The US-ROK Alliance in 2021: Back on Track?
Credit: U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Ken Scar

The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast host Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) speaks to Karl Friedhoff, the Marshall M. Bouton Fellow for Asia Studies at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, about the future of the U.S.-South Korea alliance and South Korean foreign policy in the remaining year of President Moon Jae-in’s administration.

Click the play button to the right to listen.

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