Washington’s request that Seoul pay more for their military alliance has heightened tensions between longtime allies and poses risks for regional security.
Asia
South Korea
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South Koreans and Americans strongly support the U.S.-South Korea security alliance as a hedge against China’s rise.
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It is hard to understand the global flow of funds without understanding the risks now being taken by Japanese, Taiwanese, and Korean life insurers.
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Korea looks to be doing a real stimulus. Other "twin surplus" countries should too.
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Scott Snyder describes the domestic and institutional politics on the Korean side, examining how increased political polarization affects Korean attitudes toward Japan.
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Seoul’s decision to abandon an important military intelligence-sharing agreement with Tokyo could hurt regional security and U.S. interests related to China and North Korea.
Experts in this Region
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Summer 2019 has been a watershed moment for trends that threaten to compromise South Korea’s position in Northeast Asia.
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The United States must protect the alliance architecture in Northeast Asia from internal threats, so that it will be prepared if and when external threats come its way.
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The global tech industry and U.S. interests in Asia could suffer if the dispute isn’t resolved soon.
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South Korea fired warning shots at a Russian warplane after it violated Seoul’s airspace over disputed islands. Here’s what that means for the region.
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The United States’ deterrence record is spotty vis-à-vis North Korea, and a judgement of its success or failure hinges on how the behaviors or actions targeted by deterrence are defined.
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We may well come to look back on this moment as the time in which Asia began to come apart.
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If North Korean nuclear proliferation was intended by China to reduce the U.S. presence in the Pacific, that strategy has backfired.
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The United States should maintain a resolute policy aimed at denuclearizing North Korea.