In spite of a common threat, South Korea and Japan have struggled to present a united front against that threat.
Can the United States and the ROK build the kind of mobile and effective forces necessary for defense in the peninsula?
In spite of significant efforts on their parts, the Republic of Korea has made little headway in seeing reform in the the North.
Chinese and North Korean behavior has its impact.
The U.S. and its allies need to shape a new attack and defense enterprise in the Pacific.
Second Line of Defense discussed the future of South Korean defense with Stephen Wood, the former 7th USAF commander.
In an interview with Lt. General Jan-Marc Jouas, Second Line of Defense had a chance to discuss the challenges of defense in the Korean Peninsula.
In this piece, the former Commander of the 7th Air Force discusses the challenges of containing North Korea.