The Sejong Institute held a strategic dialogue with the Seattle-based National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) on Dec. 8 under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The seminar mainly discussed security trends and challenges in the Indo-Pacific region, trilateral security cooperation between South Korea, the U.S. and Japan, and the role and deterrence of the expansion of the South Korea-U.S. alliance. South Korean participants include President Sang-hyun Lee, Jae-cheon Kim, professor at Seogang University, Gu-yeon Jeong, professor at Kangwon University, Gil-ju Ban, researcher at Korea University Ilmin Institute, Dong-chan Kim from Yonsei University, Soo-hoon Lee from KIDA, and Sung-won Lee, researcher at Sejong Institute.

From NBR, William McCahill (Advisor, NBR), Michael Wills (Executive Vice President, NBR), Ian Oates (Interim Associate Director, Center for Korea Studies, University of Washington), Jerome Siangco (Project Manager, NBR) attended the strategic dialogue.​