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[Sejong Policy Series 2025-02] The New U.S. Administration's Foreign Policy and Changes in the International Order

Date 2025-12-30 View 3,223 Writer Sang Hyun LEE

The New U.S. Administration's Foreign Policy and Changes in the International Order


I. Introduction | Sang Hyun Lee


II. The Strategic Posture of U.S. Foreign Policy and Changes in the International Order  | Sang Hyun Lee

1. Introduction

2. The Second Trump Administration and the Transformation of American Identity​

3. Changes in the International Order: From a Rules-Based International Order to a Multipolar Order?​

4. The Lee Jae Myung Government's Response​

5. Conclusion and Policy Recommendations​

 

III. Continuity and Change in the Trump Administration's Second Term Indo-Pacific Strategy​ | Yoon-Jung Choi

1. Introduction

2. A Comparative Analysis of Indo-Pacific Strategies: Trump's First Term, Biden, and Trump's Second Term​

3. Key Features and Implementation Cases of the Second Trump Administration's Sector-Specific Indo-Pacific Strategy​

4. Implications for Korea and Agenda for Response​

5. Conclusion: Modernizing the Alliance Amid Crisis and Korea's Path Forward​


IV. The Grand Transformation of U.S. Foreign Strategy and the Future of NATO | Jungsup Kim

1. Introduction

2. The Trump Administration and the Sweeping Transformation of NATO Policy

3. Europe's Reactions and Self-Help Efforts

4. NATO's Crisis and Future

5. Conclusion


V. China and Russia's Strategic Responses Following the Launch of the Second Trump Administration: Focusing on the Taiwan Strait Crisis​ | Jae-hung Chung

1. Introduction​

2. Changes in the Second Trump Administration's Policies Toward China and Russia, and China-Russia Strategic Responses​

3. The Taiwan Strait Crisis: U.S.-Taiwan Strategy and the Possibility of a Joint China-Russia Response​

4. Prospects for Regional Dynamics and Korea's Strategic Response​

5. Conclusion​


VI. Changes and Prospects in the Second Trump Administration's Middle East Policy​ | Nam-sik In  

1. Introduction

2. Historical Trends in U.S. Middle East Policy

3. The Second Trump Administration's Middle East Policy

4. Conclusion​: Implications and Policy Suggestions for Korea​


VII. Changes in the International Order and Europe's Foreign Policy Adjustment: Continuity of Indo-Pacific Engagement amid Rearmament and Its Implications​ | Sungwon Lee

1. Introduction​: Changes and Dilemmas in Europe's Foreign Policy amid Multiple and Complex Challenges​

2. Strategic Drivers and Current Status of Europe's Indo-Pacific Engagement​

3. Europe's Rearmament Strategy and Its Linkage to the Indo-Pacific Strategy​

4. Prospects for the Continuity and Limits of Indo-Pacific Engagement amid Europe's Rearmament​

5. Conclusion​: Implications of Europe's Foreign Policy Changes for Korea​


VIII. The Second Trump Administration's Security Policy Toward the Korean Peninsula and the ROK-U.S. Allianc​e | Beomchul Shin 

1. Introduction

2. President Trump's 

3. Prospects for President Trump's Policy Towards the Korean Peninsula ​Korean Peninsula Following the ROK-U.S. Summit

4. Directions for Policy Response​


IX. Conclusion | Sang Hyun Lee

1. Summary of Research

2. Policy Recommendations