President Moon Jae-in’s team have asked the White House to exclude the THAAD deployment issue from the upcoming Moon-Trump summit, but recognize that President Trump might bring it up anyway.

For that reason, and also given THAAD’s ongoing prominence in regional affairs, it’s worth considering the broader context and possible significance of President Moon’s decision to postpone further THAAD deployment until an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been made, and his desire for National Assembly deliberations on THAAD deployment.

The decision to involve the National Assembly: politics and the constitution[/p