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December 2020

EAI-Brookings Working Papers

Prospects for U.S.-South Korea Cooperation in an Era of
U.S.-China Strategic Competition

I. Politics and Security

"ROK-U.S. Bilateral Cooperation Strategy for Dealing with Rising China amid U.S.-China Competition"

On November 13, 2020, the East Asia Institute and Brookings Institution jointly held the online seminar titled “Prospects for U.S.-South Korea Cooperation in an Era of U.S.-China Strategic Competition.” The panelists discussed South Korea-U.S. bilateral cooperation on various issues amid intensifying U.S.-China strategic competition including politics, security, trade, technology, energy, and environment. Statements from the first session (politics and security) have been published as working papers as provided below:

Security Cooperation between South Korea and the United States [Read]
(Young-Sun Ha, Chairman, EAI; Professor Emeritus, Seoul National University
Chaesung Chun, Chair, National Security Research Center, EAI; Professor, Seoul National University)

China’s Gambit on the Korean Peninsula [Read]
(Jung H. Pak, SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies; Senior Fellow, Brookings)

South Korea and Indo-Pacific Security: Building New Networks Beyond the "Quad" [Read]
(Lindsey W. Ford, David M. Rubenstein Fellow in Foreign Policy, Brookings Institution)

Factors Influencing South Korean Views on Allying with the U.S.: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications [Read]
(Sook Jong Lee, EAI Senior Fellow, EAI; Professor, Sungkyunkwan University)