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One Year Later: The Path Forward for US-ROK-Japan Trilateral Relations

Date & Time

Thursday
Aug. 8, 2024
3:30pm – 4:30pm ET

Location

Online Only

Overview

Last year’s unprecedented US-ROK-Japan Trilateral Summit at Camp David herald in a new age of expanded and enhanced cooperation. Since August 2023, the United States, South Korea, and Japan have stepped up strategic cooperation to strengthen the trilateral partnership at large, pushing forward new strategies for government-to-government engagement, military training exercises, and investments in trade and technology. After a year of expanded consultations, the US-ROK-Japan trilateral partnership boosts policy coordination across the board in critical domains of security, supply chains, and emerging technology.

However, recent geopolitical events from ongoing war in Ukraine to the strategic competition between the United States and China and the Russia and North Korea mutual defense pact serve as a stark reminder of the importance of close cooperation between the United States and its key allies: Japan and South Korea. Moving forward, the three countries must chart a pathway forward to address opportunities and challenges amid intensifying regional and international security dynamics.

Join us to review the last year of US-ROK-Japan trilateral expanded relations—both what has been accomplished and what remains on the docket—and to discuss opportunities and challenges that lie ahead for the three countries.

Speakers

Dayna Barnes Photo

Dayna Barnes

Associate Professor, National Defense University
Sung-Yoon Lee

Sung-Yoon Lee

Global Fellow;
Former Kim Koo-Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies and Assistant Professor, the Fletcher School, Tufts University
A formal photo of Dr. Hayoun Ryou-Ellison

Hayoun Ryou-Ellison

Assistant Professor, National Defense University

Hosted By

Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy

The Center for Korean History and Public Policy was established in 2015 with the generous support of the Hyundai Motor Company and the Korea Foundation to provide a coherent, long-term platform for improving historical understanding of Korea and informing the public policy debate on the Korean peninsula in the United States and beyond.  Read more

Indo-Pacific Program

The Indo-Pacific Program promotes policy debate and intellectual discussions on US interests in the Asia-Pacific as well as political, economic, security, and social issues relating to the world’s most populous and economically dynamic region.   Read more

History and Public Policy Program

The History and Public Policy Program makes public the primary source record of 20th and 21st century international history from repositories around the world, facilitates scholarship based on those records, and uses these materials to provide context for classroom, public, and policy debates on global affairs.  Read more

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