On September 30, Ki Tae Lee, Senior Research Fellow, delivered a presentation titled "Japan’s ‘Quasi-Alliance’ Diplomacy and the Expansion of Its Security Cooperation Network​​."

The debate was moderated by Seong Chang Cheong, Vice President of Sejong Institute, and featured discussions by Eunil Cho, Associate Research Fellow at KIDA, and Myon Woo Lee, former Principal Fellow at Sejong Institute.