U.S.-South Korea alliance

On 3 big issues – THAAD missile defense, Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan and South Korea, and the Chip 4 semiconductor initiative – Yoon has been careful not to anger Beijing.

The resumption of large-scale drills for the first time since 2017 will improve military readiness for the alliance.

The exercises will be the largest in years, after the allies canceled some of their regular drills and downsized others to create space for diplomacy with North Korea.

What is the link between the North Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific regions, and what is South Korea’s role in this reimagined security framework?

A mutually assured deterrence could be an alternative diplomatic strategy toward Pyongyang.

After a meeting with his U.S. counterpart, South Korea's foreign minister emphasized strengthening the joint extended deterrence against North Korea’s missile threats. 

U.S. President Joe Biden visited South Korea from May 20 to May 22 and discussed regional issues with new South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol.

Yoon has been compared to Biden’s own nemesis, Donald Trump, but he is far from a political iconoclast.

Taking a stand on the Ukraine crisis will bring both opportunities and risk for the incoming Yoon administration.

The U.S. president will be visiting South Korea and Japan from May 20-24.

The long-term solution to tensions in East Asia is for the neighboring countries to start taking each other’s security concerns more seriously.