Christopher Lee
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Military Strategy
A Blueprint for a US-South Korea Combined Multi-Domain Task Force
Bottom lines up front The U. S.
North Korea
The Relevance of U.S. Forces in the Republic of Korea
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North Korea
U.S., South Korean Alliance Becoming an Imperative
With both South Korea and the United States focused on domestic issues, corruption in politics and Hurricane Harvey respectively, it will be extremely...
Defense Budget
South Korea's Defense Budget: A Move Toward Self-Reliance
Since winning election in May, South Korean President Moon, Jae-in has made self-reliance a defense imperative. Although South Korea’s most recent...
U.S. Army
U.S.-ROK Mil-to-Mil Relations and the ROK 2017 Defense Budget
U. S.
Indo-Pacific/Asia
U.S.-Japan-ROK Security Partnership: The Concept of a "Virtual Alliance"
“Virtual alliance” still remains practically non-existent among the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (hereafter, South Korea). With new...
Maritime Strategy
South Korean Maritime Security
Splashed across the front page of many international headlines are topics relating to various countries claiming disputed territories in the Pacific...
North Korea
Trilateral Security Cooperation Needed for North Korea
In September 2011, the South Korean government established the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS) with the aim of advancing prosperity and...
Indo-Pacific/Asia
The Imperative Need for Reconciliation and Peace between Seoul and Tokyo
While wandering the streets of Tokyo, I made a trip to the Yasukuni Shrine, the exceedingly controversial monument where hundreds of Japanese...
North Korea
South Korea: To THAAD or Not to THAAD?
In the recent years, the South Korean government has maintained their strategically ambiguous stance of 3 Nos on the potential deployment of the...
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