[EAI Public Opinion Briefing]
2025 EAI Public Poll
on the 21st Presidential Election and East Asia
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The East Asia Institute (EAI) has released visualized results from the 2025 EAI Public Opinion Poll on East Asia. The findings reveal sharp partisan divides in voting motivations and political issue perceptions following the 21st presidential election, with progressive voter consolidation and signs of conservative disengagement. This polarization also extends to perceptions of electoral integrity.
The survey also highlights growing public concern over U.S.–China strategic rivalry, protectionism, and technological competition, along with rising calls for the new administration to strengthen economic diplomacy and address key foreign policy challenges. Noteworthy results include a significant increase in favorable views of Japan, heightened expectations for improved inter-Korean and Korea–China relations, and strong support for China to play a more active role in addressing North Korean provocations and promoting denuclearization.
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“Exploring South Korea’s Nuclear Policy in the Unstable Nuclear Security Environment”
[Global NK Special Report] South Korea’s Nuclear Options Under Trump 2.0
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EAI has published a special report series on “South Korea`s Nuclear Options Under Trump 2.0” to diagnose the realignment of alliances and destabilization of the nuclear order brought about by the policies of the second Trump administration and to provide strategic directions in response. This series provides a practical roadmap for response, focusing on key strategic issues such as tactical nuclear redeployment and nuclear sharing initiatives, building autonomous deterrence capabilities, balancing proliferation and diplomatic legitimacy, and upgrading crisis management systerns.
- Hyeongpil HAM, ① "Alliance Strategy Under Trump 2.0 And the Future of Extended Deterrence" [Read Special Report]
- Bong-Geun JUN, ② "A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Indigenous Nuclear Armament And the Pursuit of Civilian Nuclear Fuel Cycle Capabilities" [Read Special Report]
- Hanbyeol SOHN, ③ "North Korea’s Nuclear Modernization: Assessment and Outlook" [Read Special Report]
- Tae-hyung KIM, ④ "The India-Pakistan Nuclear Rivalry and Strategic Lessons to South Korea’s Nuclear Armament Discourse " [Read Special Report]
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“Public Opinion on ROK-Japan Relations and South Korea`s Nuclear Policy”
[EAI Issue Briefing] 2025 EAI Public Opinion Poll on East Asia
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- Yang Gyu KIMㆍInhwan OH, South Koreans’ Perceptions of Blocs between ROK-US-Japan and DPRK-China-Russia and Support for Nuclear Armament: 2025 EAI Public Opinion Poll on East Asia [Read Issue briefing]
- Yul Sohn, The Public Prioritizes a Future-oriented Cooperation over Resolving the History Problem in Korea-Japan Relations: 2025 EAI Public Opinion Poll on East Asia [Read Issue briefing]
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“Trump 2.0’s Response to China’s Naval Rise and the Korean Peninsula”
[Global NK Commentary] U.S.-China Naval Power Transition, the First Line of Naval Defense, and the Korean Peninsula
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“The Need for Strategic Communication and a Phased Approach towards China”
[Global NK Commentary] Priorities of the Lee Jae Myung Administration’s Diplomacy with China
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“Proliferation of False Narratives Undermining Electoral Integrity”
[ADRN Issue Briefing] The Struggle Against Disinformation: Dissecting the Ecosystern
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“Test of Democratic Resilience and a Reflection of Deep Societal Polarization”
[ADRN Issue Briefing] The 2025 Presidential Election in South Korea and Its Implications for Korean Democracy
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