IIA Pacific Report
(September 2025 No.30) IIA Pacific Report
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2025-09-23
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The Institute of International Affairs has released the new Pacific Report No. 30.
In this issue, Professor Seong-Ho Sheen, Dean of GSIS and Director of IIA at Seoul National University contributed an article titled <8.25 Lee Jae-myung–Trump Summit and the ROK-U.S. Alliance>.
Professor Sheen explains that this first summit became a litmus test for the future of ROK-U.S. relations under the Lee Jae-myung administration.
Trump praised Lee, calling him a very smart person, and Trump’s remarks about wanting to own the land of U.S. Forces Korea bases could at the very least mean that the United States would not easily abandon the ROK-U.S. alliance.
Professor Sheen comments that as long as U.S.–China strategic competition continues, the issue of U.S. forces’ strategic flexibility will remain a heavy burden for South Korea, and South Korea can no longer rely solely on America’s goodwill.
In this issue, Professor Seong-Ho Sheen, Dean of GSIS and Director of IIA at Seoul National University contributed an article titled <8.25 Lee Jae-myung–Trump Summit and the ROK-U.S. Alliance>.
Professor Sheen explains that this first summit became a litmus test for the future of ROK-U.S. relations under the Lee Jae-myung administration.
Trump praised Lee, calling him a very smart person, and Trump’s remarks about wanting to own the land of U.S. Forces Korea bases could at the very least mean that the United States would not easily abandon the ROK-U.S. alliance.
Professor Sheen comments that as long as U.S.–China strategic competition continues, the issue of U.S. forces’ strategic flexibility will remain a heavy burden for South Korea, and South Korea can no longer rely solely on America’s goodwill.
