Greetings from President

The international system is moving towards an inflection point. The US National Defense Strategy now stipulates that US forces are expected to fight only one major conflict at a given time and that they are now focused on the Taiwan Strait. Issues like fierce US-China competition, the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, the Israel-Hamas conflict, and the restoration of the Russo-North Korean alliance critically further complicate the international situation. With North Korea continuing to bolster its military capabilities, South Korean public opinion increasingly backs South Korea acquiring its own nuclear weapons. In such circumstances, the role of the Sejong Institute looms large. The Sejong Institute is one of the leading private think tanks in South Korea, and will become a more prominent one with its move to the heart of Seoul.