Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda’s article ‘Biden and the US-Japan-South Korea Trilateral’ has been published in Japan Forward, on December 11, 2020.
The article analyses limitations to the US role as a mediator in Japan-South Korea ties. Despite Biden’s attempts to assuage the rather complex historical dispute between Japan and South Korea, success might be unlikely. Nevertheless, continued U.S. efforts to ensure open dialogue and diplomatic exchanges between Seoul and Tokyo will be crucial to regional – and by extension, global security.