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US-China Strategic Competition

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Recently, US-China relations have produced a verbal framework agreement on 'strategic stability' and detente rhetoric following their summit, yet they simultaneously exhibit a dual aspect where substantive nuclear modernization and capability competition centered on high-tech infrastructure are actually intensifying. Based on the narrative of America's declining hegemony, China continues an offensive posture and a dual-track response toward the US, failing to resolve structural conflicts through gray-zone pressure in the Taiwan Strait and competition for leadership in AI governance. In this phase, South Korea must strictly separate symbolic rhetoric from substantive competition between the US and the front lines of the US-China dynamic, pursuing sophisticated risk management that dualizes security-linked areas and commercial areas while securing independent communication channels.

  1. [EAI Commentary No. 29] The Korean Peninsula After the US-China Summit: The Doctrine of Parallel Progress and the Tasks of the ROK-China Summit / EAI 안보넷
  2. [Sino-US Nuclear Grand Bargain Special Report] ② Changes in Sino-US Military Security Strategy and the Future of the East Asian Security Order / Kim Yang-gyu
  3. Special Report on the US-China Summit at APEC: Between ‘Managed Competition’ and ‘Securing the Right to Development’: Seeking Cooperation at the 2023 APEC US-China Summit / Yeol Son, Yanggyu Kim, Dongryul Lee, Seungjoo Lee, Jaesung Chun, Youngsun Ha
  4. [AI and New Civilization Standards Special Report] Economic Challenge ①: Decoupling of US-China Artificial Intelligence Ecosystems / Seungjoo Lee
  5. [NSP Report 72] The Current Status and Tasks of South Korea's East Asia Regional Strategy and Korean Peninsula Strategy / Chaesung Chun
  6. [EAI Special Report] Taiwan Special Series ⑥_Strategic Implications and Mid- to Long-Term Prospects of the Taiwan Strait Issue / Inhyo Seol
  7. U.S.— China Strategic Competition 2050: Implications for the future international system and order Kyushu National Museum Seungpo Sohn / Korea University
  8. [Global NK Commentary] US-China Maritime Power Transition, the First Island Chain, and the Korean Peninsula / Inhwan Oh
  9. [US-China Nuclear Détente Special Report] ① The Horror of Full-Scale Nuclear War Between the US and China and the Possibility of Détente / Chaesung Chun, Kim Yang-gyu
  10. [EAI Special Report] US-China Competition 2050 ①_Phased Escalation and the Search for Compromise / Ha Young-sun, Son Yeol
  11. [NSP Research Report] US-China Maritime Competition and Prospects for the Indo-Pacific Security Order / Youngjun Park
  12. [Special Report on US-China Nuclear Competition] ⑧ Imposed Strategic Competition: China’s Response and Its Position on the North Korean Nuclear Program / Jia Qingguo
  13. [NSP Report 66] The Transformation of the International Order and the US-China Relationship in an Era of Strategic Competition: Focusing on China's Strategic Stance and Policies / Byong-Kwang Park
  14. [Global NK Interview] China's Position on the Worsening "Strategic Competition" Between the U.S. and China / JIA Qingguo
  15. [EAI Special Report] US-China Competition 2050 Part 5: Military Security / Chaesung Chun