The Tennessee World Affairs Council and the Stimson Center's Korea Program are pleased to host a panel discussion on the status, future, and importance of the upgraded alliance between the US and South Korea (ROK).  

The strength of the US-South Korean Alliance holds enduring value for the US and local communities against the backdrop of today’s evolving geopolitical challenges and in the pursuit of our collective goals of freedom, democracy, security and economic prosperity.  

Conversation will delve into the ways the US-ROK Alliance reflects these shared aims and values, through all facets of the relationship—military, economic, and diplomatic—and the benefit this relationship has for the American population. A range of discussion topics will encompass the future of extended deterrence on the Korean Peninsula, the Alliance’s role in US Indo-Pacific strategy, multi-domain security cooperation, and the expansion of strategic trade. 

Panelists are: Jenny Town, Senior Fellow at the Stimoson Center and Director of Stimson's Korea Program and 38 North; Iliana Ragnone, Research Associate for the Korea Program and Producer of 38 North at the Stimson Center; Scott Laska, Business Development Director at SL Tennessee; and Kevin Miller, Georgia Chapter President for the Korea Defense Veteran's Association.