Japan, the United States and South Korea held a joint exercise in the East China Sea, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force said Friday, in an apparent effort to enhance deterrence against China an
U.S. President Joe Biden agrees with his South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk Yeol on plans for Washington to send nuclear submarines to its major ally for the first time in four decades as part of efforts to bolster extended deterrence measures in response to North Korea's growing nuclear threat.
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South Korea under President Moon Jae In has rejected value-oriented diplomacy. A U.S.-South Korea summit on May 21 has led me to conclude so.
Refraining From Criticizing China by Name
First, China was not named in the U.S.-ROK leaders’ joint statement. In contrast, the U.S.-Japan leaders’ joint statement, released on April 16 during Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s visit to Washington, named China five times and directly criticized China two times.
“President Biden and Prime Minister Suga… shared their concerns over Chinese activities that are inconsistent with the international rules-based order, including the use of economic and other forms of coercion,” the U.S.-Japan statement said. “We reiterated our objections to China’s unlawful maritime claims and activities in the South China Sea,” it continued.
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