【#1283】South Korea’s Pragmatic Diplomacy Focusing on National Interests
Tsutomu Nishioka ー
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s visit to Japan and the United States in late August demonstrated the true essence of his pragmatic diplomacy giving priority to national interests.
The U.S. government had initially been cold to Lee, elected in a snap
【#1282】China-Russia Military Cooperation Expanding Undersea
Maki Nakagawa ー
The Chinese and Russian navies conducted a joint exercise, dubbed Joint Sea 2025 by China and Maritime Interaction 2025 by Russia, around the Vladivostok military port in the Russian Far East from August 1 to 5, followed by their joint surface ship patrol in the Western Pacific and their joint submarine patrol in the Sea