Recalibrating U.S.-ROK Alliance: Strategic Priorities for 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses the outlook of the U.S.-South Korea alliance leading up to 2026, focusing on various strategic issues.

In this episode, Mr. Sydney Seiler moderated a discussion with Dr. Chansong Lee and Dr. Bee Yun Jo of the Sejong Institute on the overall outlook of the U.S.–South Korea alliance leading up to 2026, including extended deterrence, the Nuclear Consultative Group, the OPCON transfer, shipbuilding, and other strategic issues.

People in this episode

Host: Mr. Sydney Seiler

Guests: Dr. Chansong Lee, Dr. Bee Yun Jo

Topics covered

• U.S.-South Korea alliance
• extended deterrence
• Nuclear Consultative Group
• OPCON transfer
• shipbuilding
• strategic priorities

Keywords

• U.S.-ROK alliance
• strategic priorities
• deterrence
• Nuclear Consultative Group
• OPCON transfer
• shipbuilding

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sejong Institute

Places: U.S., South Korea

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