How American leadership, not just North Korea, challenges the US-ROK alliance



Analysis How American leadership, not just North Korea, challenges the US-ROK alliance South Korea could continue march toward nuclear deterrent if summit agreement can’t temper its fears of abandonment Michael Cohen May 1, 2023 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON U.S. President Joe Biden greeting South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol to the White House on April 26th, 2023 \| Image: The Office of the President of South Korea The defensive alliance between the U.S. and South Korea is approaching its 70th birthday, and as ever, all is not well on the Korean Peninsula. The Biden administration’s announcement after last week’s U.S.-ROK summit that it will rotationally deploy nuclear-armed submarines, bombers and possibly other systems through South Korea is the latest example of the same structural problems that have persisted for several decades. It is far from clear that these strategic assets will have any effect and may actually make matters worse. Many of the current challenges bedeviling the Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01New North Korean ICBM delivers big political message, and likely bigger payloads 02How North Korea-Russia ties will challenge next US president, no matter who wins 03What to make of the stunning collapse in value of North Korean won 04What to know about Kim Yong Bok, the man leading North Korean troops in Russia 05If Trump: How erratic leader’s reelection could scramble North Korea policy 06North Korea’s admission of drone incursion exposes glaring gaps in air defenses 07The war in Ukraine is transforming how Europe perceives North Korean threats 08What North Korea stands to gain by sending troops to fight in Ukraine 09Satellite imagery shows DPRK laid explosives at edge of MDL to destroy roads 10Deciphering the return of No Kwang Chol as North Korea’s minister of defense

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How American leadership, not just North Korea, challenges the US-ROK alliance

South Korea could continue march toward nuclear deterrent if summit agreement can’t temper its fears of abandonment

Michael Cohen May 1, 2023

How American leadership, not just North Korea, challenges the US-ROK alliance

U.S. President Joe Biden greeting South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol to the White House on April 26th, 2023 | Image: The Office of the President of South Korea

The defensive alliance between the U.S. and South Korea is approaching its 70th birthday, and as ever, all is not well on the Korean Peninsula.

The Biden administration’s announcement after last week’s U.S.-ROK summit that it will rotationally deploy nuclear-armed submarines, bombers and possibly other systems through South Korea is the latest example of the same structural problems that have persisted for several decades. It is far from clear that these strategic assets will have any effect and may actually make matters worse.

Many of the current challenges bedeviling the

01New North Korean ICBM delivers big political message, and likely bigger payloads
02How North Korea-Russia ties will challenge next US president, no matter who wins
03What to make of the stunning collapse in value of North Korean won
04What to know about Kim Yong Bok, the man leading North Korean troops in Russia
05If Trump: How erratic leader’s reelection could scramble North Korea policy
06North Korea’s admission of drone incursion exposes glaring gaps in air defenses
07The war in Ukraine is transforming how Europe perceives North Korean threats
08What North Korea stands to gain by sending troops to fight in Ukraine
09Satellite imagery shows DPRK laid explosives at edge of MDL to destroy roads
10Deciphering the return of No Kwang Chol as North Korea’s minister of defense

How American leadership, not just North Korea, challenges the US-ROK alliance

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