U.S.-South Korea alliance

Pushing for vastly increased contributions when Japan and South face looming recessions amid an ongoing pandemic will not serve U.S. interests.

The Hong Kong issue is adding urgency to South Korea’s need for a new balancing strategy between the U.S. and China.

The U.S. ambassador to South Korea made the announcement on Twitter.

The ongoing nature of the coronavirus crisis merits a rethink to both countries' approaches to the SMA talks.

The proposed sale has a value of $194 million.

COVID-19 has disrupted or complicated already contentious cost-sharing talks in more ways than one. 

Tracing near-term, structural, and strategic divergences in the alliance.

If Washington and Seoul can’t narrow the gap on their cost-sharing talks thousands of Koreans could start missing paychecks.

The U.S.-South Korea SMA negotiations have devolved into a blatant shakedown. That's bad for both sides.

The assassination of Soleimani has South Korea scrambling to balance its ties between the U.S. and Iran.

If the Trump administration is going to insist on putting a dollar value on the costs of the alliance, it should also consider the gains in monetary terms.