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South Koreas foreign policy under President Yoon Suk Yeol has moved away from the countrys previous stance of “strategic ambiguity” under the former Moon Jae-in administration and toward strengthening relations with the United States.

Developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies.

A few months after U.S. President Joe Biden outlined the specifics of his signature U.S.-Indo Pacific strategy, South Korea also released its own version of an Indo Pacific-focused regional strategy late last year.

Developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies.

U.S. officials say they are preparing to surge forces in the event of conflict with China, including over Taiwan, but do not intend to build up permanent bases.

Beijing has used its economic clout and growing military strength to assert a role as a "near-Arctic" state to seek a security and economic role as a warming globe makes Arctic resources and trade routes more accessible.

China used its Covid strategy to sell its public, and the world, on the stability of its governing system. Now what?

A power struggle among the political elites has dangerously polarized Pakistan and plunged it into a state of disarray, even as the country continues to suffer from a crippled economy and has yet to recover from a humanitarian crisis that was exacerbated by climate change-driven extreme weather events. For nearly a year, former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s populist campaign has pitted him and his large, energized following in a dangerous stand-off with Pakistan’s dynastic power centers and...

Developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies.

The Biden administration aims to shorten the timeline for when Russia runs out of the weapons and components its military needs in Ukraine, Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo<b> </b>said.