U.S. President Joe Biden, center, greets South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol, left, and Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, right, on Aug. 18, 2023, at Camp David, the presidential retreat, near Thurmont, Maryland. Credit: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File The Israel-Hamas war is proving to be the first major test of Japan and South Korea’s ability to … Read more
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol in Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 29, 2023. Credit: NATO Advertisement Just a few years ago, defense policymakers would have been forgiven for not paying much attention to South Korea’s role in transatlantic security. After all, despite being a U.S. ally, South Korea’s position in … Read more
Advertisement On August 18, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, and U.S. President Joe Biden met at Camp David for a trilateral meeting. Afterwards, they publicly stated they shared a vision for their partnership and the Indo-Pacific. They declared that this partnership was based on “a bedrock of shared values, mutual … Read more
Advertisement Following South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s efforts to reset relations with Japan earlier this year, the door to deeper trilateral cooperation between South Korea, Japan, and the United States has also opened. At the Camp David summit on August 18, the leaders of the three countries laid out a vision for deeper trilateral cooperation … Read more
Advertisement On August 18, U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol held a historic three-way summit at Camp David, a presidential retreat in the U.S. state of Maryland. In a major diplomatic achievement for all three leaders, the United States, Japan, and South Korea agreed to a … Read more
Advertisement On August 18, the leaders of Japan, South Korea, and the United States met at Camp David, a presidential retreat in the U.S. state of Maryland. It was a historic moment – while the three countries have held numerous trilateral meetings in the past, such gatherings have always taken place on the sidelines of … Read more