The Second Trump Administration's Foreign Policy and Korean Unification

With the rise of the second Trump administration the North Korean issue and the unification issue of the Korean Peninsula center on the international security agendas. Trump's foreign policy is the epitome of great power politics which focuses on deals between dominant powers and the pursuit of U.S. national interests without consideration for the postitions of other countries and imposes the same stance on its allies. Considering the importance of the alliance partnership between Korea and the U.S. the second Trump administration's new foreign policy will make a great impact on the South Korean government unification and North Korea policies. The problem is that Trump expressed support for the revival of direct US-North Korea negotiations and expressed an amicable view of Kim Jong Un both during his campaign and in the post-inauguration period. In this context, this panel seeks to academically analyze 1) how to achieve a ken partnership to solve the North nuclear problem by the allinace partnership, 2) how to make the best use of the lessons of the previous South Korean governments' unification policies to initiate President Trump active approach to the North, 3) the meaning of the Korean unification in the context of the second Trump administration's Indo-Pacific strategy, and 4) the future Korean Indo-Pacific strategy in terms of the US-China rivalry and competition under the new US government.