At the SDF 2025 titled “Redesigning the Zero Era: Rewriting Innovation,” jointly researched by the East Asia Institute (EAI) and the SBS Cultural Foundation, Seung Joo Lee, Chair of EAI’s Trade, Technology, and Transformation Research Center (Professor at Chung-Ang University), delivered a lecture on the theme of the rapidly deepening fragmentation of the world order and the drawing of new boundaries. He diagnosed that global structural changes are accelerating the realignment of power among nations, emphasizing that Korea must secure its role as an ‘active bridge nation’ across diplomacy, security, and the economy. Professor Lee particularly pointed out that the government's ability to set strategic agendas and its strong implementation capability to realize them are key factors for maintaining national competitiveness amid future shifts in the international order.