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A Korean Tragedy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

Tim Beal
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Moon Jae-in's failure to challenge South Korea's servile relationship to the United States has condemned his presidency to impotence. As the ‘August Crisis’ unfolds the South Korean president has little influence over the situation. He is spurned by Pyongyang, has no traction in Beijing or Tokyo, and is taken for granted in Washington.

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Moon Jae-inUS-ROK allianceUSChinaNorth and South KoreaClientelism

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 15 , Issue 16 , August 2017, e3
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