SIMULEX Duquesne 2025

South Korea

1. Political

• How will South Korea navigate US-China competition in 2025? (brookings.edu)
• Seoul’s Crisis: A Test of U.S. Resolve in the Indo-Pacific | RealClearDefense
• Strategic Alignment in an Era of Uncertainty: Next Steps for the US–South Korea Alliance | Hudson Institute
• Talk of a 'monster dictatorship' sets tone as Korean vote looms - Asia Times
• Now the hard part: Lee Jae-myung and S Korea’s quest for balance - Asia Times
• What South Korea's presidential election means for the US-Korea alliance
• US-Korea alliance to change under Lee Jae-myung - Asia Times
• New South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is playing with dynamite - Asia Times 
• Will South Korea’s New President Embrace Washington? - The American Conservative
• South Korea Will Not Choose Between the US and China - The National Interest
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2. Economic

• Largest U.S., South Korean shipbuilding companies to collaborate to ramp up U.S. ship production - Washington Times
• Trump Announces 25% Tariffs on Japan and South Korea | RealClearWorld

3. Military

3a. Military -- Land

• Should South Korea Pursue Nuclear Weapons? | RealClearDefense
• The Evolving Role of U.S. Forces in Korea | RealClearDefense
• B-1 bombers fly over South Korea in show of force against North’s threats | Stars and Stripes
• NonPlayable - South Korea - Why South Korea Should Go Nuclear (2025)
• U.S. Considers Withdrawing Thousands of Troops From South Korea | RealClearDefense

3b. Military - Navy

• US aircraft carrier, warships arrive in South Korea amid North’s threats | Stars and Stripes
• Largest U.S., South Korean shipbuilding companies to collaborate to ramp up U.S. ship production - Washington Times

3c. Military - Air

• Flash News: U.S. Air Force Considers Permanent Deployment of F-35A Stealth Fighter Jets to South Korea (armyrecognition.com)
• U.S. Navy, South Korean F-35s Drill Together in Freedom Shield Exercise - USNI News

3d. Military - Technology

• Rethinking South Korea’s Three-Axis System | RealClearDefense
• Inside the Ring: Energy lists South Korea as 'sensitive' state amid nuclear concerns - Washington Times
• Monday Morning Meeting on The Paradox of South Korea’s Quest for Nuclear Weapons - MP-IDSA

4. Diplomatic

• Flash News: U.S. Air Force Considers Permanent Deployment of F-35A Stealth Fighter Jets to South Korea (armyrecognition.com)
• How will South Korea navigate US-China competition in 2025? (brookings.edu)
• Strategic Alignment in an Era of Uncertainty: Next Steps for the US–South Korea Alliance | Hudson Institute
• NonPlaybale - South Korea - Understanding South Korean Middle Diplomacy (2022)
• NonPlaybale - South Korea - South Korean Entanglement in a Taiwan Contingency (2024)

• The Evolving Role of U.S. Forces in Korea | RealClearDefense
• NonPlayable - South Korea - South Korea's Role in the U.S.-DPRK Negotiation (2024)

• U.S. Considers Withdrawing Thousands of Troops From South Korea | RealClearDefense
• What South Korea's presidential election means for the US-Korea alliance
• US-Korea alliance to change under Lee Jae-myung - Asia Times
• Will South Korea’s New President Embrace Washington? - The American Conservative
• South Korea Will Not Choose Between the US and China - The National Interest
• The Taiwan Trap: Why Withdrawing U.S. Troops from Korea Risks a Two-Front War | RealClearDefense
• Trump Announces 25% Tariffs on Japan and South Korea | RealClearWorld
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5. Strategy

• Should South Korea Pursue Nuclear Weapons? | RealClearDefense
• NonPlaybale - South Korea - South Korean Entanglement in a Taiwan Contingency (2024)
• NonPlaybale South Korea - Middle-Power Strategic Autonomy - The Surprising Tale of South Korea's Grand Strategy (2024)
• NonPlaybale South Korea - The Future of South Korea's Grand Strategy in the 21st Century (2024)

• Strategic Alignment in an Era of Uncertainty: Next Steps for the US–South Korea Alliance | Hudson Institute

• NonPlaybale - South Korea - Can South Korea Really Develop a Grand Strategy (2024)

• NonPlayable South Korea - South Korea's Quest for a Grand Strategy (2024)

• NonPlayable S0uth Korea - South Korea's Indo-Pacific Strategy (2023)

• NonPlayable South Korea - Unpacking South Korea's Foreign Policy (2024)

• NonPlayable - South Korea - South Korea's Deterrence Strategy (2018)
• NonPlayable - South Korea - Why South Korea Should Go Nuclear (2025)
• Rethinking South Korea’s Three-Axis System | RealClearDefense
• U.S. Considers Withdrawing Thousands of Troops From South Korea | RealClearDefense
• The Taiwan Trap: Why Withdrawing U.S. Troops from Korea Risks a Two-Front War | RealClearDefense

6. Grand Strategy

• NonPlayable - South Korea - a History of US Nuclear Weapons in South Korea (2017).
• Why NATO’s Future Depends on Strategic Partners Like South Korea | RealClearDefense
• AT THE EDGE OF THE KNIFE: AFTER 75 YEARS, KOREA’S LESSONS STILL CUT DEEP - War Room - U.S. Army War College
• Now the hard part: Lee Jae-myung and S Korea’s quest for balance - Asia Times
• South Korean foreign policy in 2024 | Brookings