Don’t look for a “NEATO” — a NATO-like military alliance for Northeast Asia — to emerge from the much-touted Camp David summit President Biden is holding Friday with the leaders of South Korea and Japan, but the three leaders will still face pressure to formalize the foundations for trilateral strategic and economic cooperation.
Japanese Premier Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will be Mr. Biden’s guests at the breakthrough gathering. The three have met before on the sidelines of other diplomatic gatherings, but Friday’s summit is being touted as their first-ever dedicated trilateral for the three allies.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters Wednesday that the summit will take “relationships with each other and amongst each other to a whole new level,” though whether the alliance will take a more formal long-term shape is uncertain. In Northeast Asia, China and Russia are increasingly upgrading defense cooperation, notably in air and naval domains. North Korea’s nuclear missile force boasts the range to strike anywhere between Seoul and Washington.Tactically, there is much for the three Camp David leaders to discuss, from joint drills to nuclear-arms sharing systems. Politically, there are pressing reasons to strike some deals, suggested Kurt Campbell, the National Security Council point man on East Asia.
Japanese voters have accepted, largely without protest, a creeping strategy of re-arming and upgrading defense doctrines. Noting that domestic reforms are being stalled in the opposition-controlled assembly Mr. Kim warned. “He needs to succeed in the election for him not to become a lame duck for the rest of this term.”
Even so, the smorgasbord of issues that could arise at Camp David is potentially vast, and will require detailed follow-up by working groups.
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