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Monthly US-ROK Policy Brief Series

US-ROK Policy Brief

The US-Korea Policy Brief is a joint publication between The George Washington University Institute for Korean Studies (GWIKS) and the Seoul National University Institute for Peace and Unification Studies (IPUS) dedicated to exploring current Korea-related policy matters within regional and global contexts.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in the US-ROK Policy Brief are those of the authors alone, and should not be taken to represent the views of the editor, GWIKS, IPUS or any other organization.

Editorial Board

  • Celeste Arrington (Director, Institute for Korean Studies, The George Washington University)

  • Yonho Kim (Associate Director, Institute for Korean Studies, The George Washington University)

  • Jungchul Lee (Head, Center for Unification Studies, Seoul National University)

Publications

Issue 15 (November 2025)

US-ROK RELATIONS AFTER THE GYEONGJU SUMMIT

By Wang Hwi Lee

Issue 14 (October 2025)

TRUMP’S POLICIES IN CONFLICT: IMMIGRATION, INVESTMENTS, AND TARIFFS

By Henry Haggard

Issue 13 (September 2025)

A GEOSTRATEGIC SHIFT: TRILATERAL CONVERGENCE OF CHINA, RUSSIA, AND NORTH KOREA ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA

By Troy Stangarone

Issue 12 (August 2025)

THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS: U.S. AND ROK SEEK ALLIANCE MODERNIZATION, BUT HOW?

By Derek Grossman

Issue 11 (July 2025)

PROSPECTS FOR RENEWED U.S. – NORTH KOREAN DIPLOMACY: STABILITY, REALISM, AND STRATEGIC CLARITY

By  Patrick M. Cronin

Issue 10 (June 2025)

THE STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS OF RECENT IRAN DEVELOPMENTS: RECOMMENDATIONS FORTHE KOREAN PENINSULA

By Ankit Panda, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Issue 9 (May 2025)

A NEW ERA FOR TRADE: POLITICAL TURMOIL, TARIFFS, AND A CHANGING U.S.-SOUTH KOREA RELATIONSHIP

By Tami Overby, DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group

Issue 8 (April 2025)

TOWARD A PRAGMATIC ALLIANCE: SEIZING STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES IN TRUMP’S SECOND TERM

By Anthony B. Kim, The Heritage Foundation

Issue 7 (March 2025)

THE UNITED STATES AND SOUTH KOREA: IS FURTHER ECONOMIC SECURITY COOPERATION POSSIBLE?

By Kristin Vekasi, University of Maine

Issue 6 (February 2025)

CHALLENGES FACING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IN RELATIONS WITH KOREA

By Robert Sutter, George Washington University

Issue 5 (January 2025)

THE U.S. PERSPECTIVE ON KOREAN DEMOCRACY: SEOUL’S POLITICAL CRISIS AND WASHINGTON’S POLITICAL TRANSITION

By Josh Rogin, Washington Post

Issue 4 (December 2024)

INSTITUTIONALIZING US-ROK-JAPAN TRILATERAL COOPERATION: RECENT PROGRESS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

By Kristi Govella, University of Oxford

 Issue 3 (November 2024)

POLITICAL SHIFTS AND POLICY IMPACTS: AN ANALYSIS OF 2024 U.S. ELECTIONS

By Christopher Warshaw, George Washington University

 Issue 2 (October 2024)

CONTEMPLATING PYONGYANG-MOSCOW RELATIONS: HOW NORTH KOREA GOT HERE, AND WHAT WE MIGHT EXPECT

By Rachel Minyoung Lee, Stimson Center

 Issue 1 (September 2024)

AUGUST 15 UNIFICATION DOCTRINE FOR FREE, PEACEFUL, AND PROSPEROUS UNIFIED KOREAN PENINSULA

By Kim Yung Ho, Minister of Unification (Former)

Inaugural Preparatory Issue 2 (July 2024)

THE FUTURE OF SANCTIONS AGAINST NORTH KOREA

By William Brown, NAEIA.Com

Inaugural Preparatory Issue 1 (June 2024)

THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 2024 AND THE FUTURE OF DENUCLEARIZATION

By Sydney A. Seiler, Center for Strategic and International Studies Korea Chair

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