Rather than assessing who’s “winning” the China-U.S. military AI competition, more attention should be redirected to bilateral discussions on stemming that competition.

Entrusting AI with the autonomy and power to deploy nuclear weapons is a scenario to be avoided at all costs. Time to take baby steps toward that goal.

Korea must prepare for the uncertainty of American politics

Korea can help shape the new global agenda

Korea can facilitate global consensus on responsible AI governance

Korea must reassess security policy from scratch

Korea must proactively mitigate and adapt to existential risks

Korea should conduct pragmatic assessment while pursuing visionary solutions

Korea must have clear priorities and resilient responses

Korea must be defender of open and inclusive regional order

Korea must step up to the plate as an aspiring global pivotal state

Korea should play more roles in new global order

Time for Korea to become climate champion

Significant increase in official development assistance should be first step

South Korea elected as a non-permanent member of UNSC

President Yoon Suk Yeol paid a state visit to the United States last week at a doubly symbolic moment. This year South Korea and the United States celebrate 70 years of partnership in arms. But the celebration takes place under cloudy skies fraught with mounting volatility and uncertainty for the global and regional orders.

This week marks a crucial milestone in Korea's years-long quest to host the World Expo 2030. A senior delegation from the World Expo Organization or Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) will visit Korea's candidate city, Busan, for an on-site inspection. The Enquiry Mission's assessment will play an instrumental role as over 170 member states of the BIE prepare to vote this November.

Ahead of its widely expected spring offensive in Ukraine, Russia announced its decision to suspend its participation in New START, a landmark nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia, which has recently been extended to Feb. 4, 2026. This decision is the latest in a series of Russian attempts to pressure the West through nuclear blackmail.  

The Japanese government has announced a new security policy aimed at acquiring counter-strike capabilities and doubling its defense expenditure over the next five years. This is a significant departure from Japan's long-held policy of limiting its security posture strictly to self-defense. It is also the second step taken by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)-led government to expand the mandate of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF). The first attempt came in 2015 in the form of a new security law authorizing the JSDF's overseas deployment for U.N. peacekeeping operations and collective self-defense activities.  

The phrase Indo-Pacific has become quite fashionable in international relations lately. It has replaced Asia-Pacific as the main term describing the evolving geopolitical dynamics across the region, which includes players from North America and Oceania.