Commentary
President Joe Biden invited two estranged allies, Japan and South Korea, on a camping trip. During their stay at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Catoctin Mountain Park, Maryland, the three leaders were all smiles for the cameras.
U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol to Camp David, Md., for a trilateral summit, on Aug. 18, 2023. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
