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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 Special Report] A Plea to the Presidential Transition Committee's Foreign Affairs and National Security Team ①_Establish a Dedicated Organization for US-China Relations / Yong-Il Moon
  2. [New Year Special Policy Commentary Series - EAI 2020 Outlook and Strategy] ② South Korea's Strategy for US-China Relations and its Strategy Toward the US in 2020 / Chaesung Chun
  3. [EAI Commentary] <US-China Competition and the Transformation of the Global Political and Economic Order - Resource Volume> Energy Issues and US-China Strategic Competition / Bumshik Shin
  4. [Global NK Commentary] China's New Evolution in US Strategy in 2026 and the Korean Peninsula / Dongryul Lee
  5. [EAI Special Report] Asia-Pacific Energy Cooperation Initiative: Deepening US-China Strategic Competition and the Future of the Asia-Pacific Region / East Asia Institute (EAI) Research Team on China's Future Growth and the Asia-Pacific New Civilization Architecture
  6. [MBN-East Asia Institute Diplomacy Strategy Symposium] US-China Strategic Competition and South Korea's Middle Power Diplomacy
  7. The US-China Competition in Constructing the Asia-Pacific Order / Ha Young-sun, Editor
  8. [EAI Commentary] The Future of US-China Competition - Military Security Edition: US-China Military Security Competition: The Possibility of Conflict Becoming a Reality / Chaesung Chun
  9. [Commentary] The Post-NSS and 20th Party Congress China-US Relations: Who Will Win the Hegemonic Competition? / Chaesung Chun
  10. [EAI Special Report] The Future of US-China Competition and South Korea's Strategy II_② US Pressure on China's Regime: Background, Characteristics, and Outlook / Dongryul Lee
  11. [EAI Working Paper] Post-COVID World Political Economy Series ③_ US-China Regional Strategy Competition in the COVID-19 Era: The Political Economy of Vaccine Diplomacy / Seungjoo Lee
  12. [EAI Special Report] The Future of US-China Competition and South Korea's Strategy II_① Norms Competition Between the US and China: Human Rights and Democracy, and South Korea's Response / Heon Jun Kim
  13. [NSP Research Report] US-China Economic Relations: GDP Reversal, Interdependence, and Institutional Competition / Yeol Son
  14. EAI Special Report: The Future of US-China Competition and South Korea's Strategy II: Political Norms and Systemic Conflict_Planning Intent
  15. [EAI Special Report] The Future of US-China Competition and Korea's Strategy I: The Four Hotspots of Economic Conflict_Planning Intent / EAI <The Future of US-China Competition and Korea's Strategy> Research Team