Bridging Allies Forum: ROK – NATO Cooperation

The Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy’s (CSDS) Bridging Allies initiative is a track 1.5 platform that seeks to generate ideas to strengthen practical cooperation between the key alliances that underpin security in Europe and the Indo-Pacific, paying particular attention to NATO on the one hand, and the United States (US)-Republic of Korea (ROK), US-Australia and US-Japan alliances on the other. CSDS conducts this initiative in close collaboration with academic and think tank partners in the Republic of Korea, United States, Japan, Australia, France and Canada.

In the case of NATO and the ROK, the two partners agreed to their Individually Tailored Partnership Programme (ITPP) in July 2023. The ITPP will guide their relationship in the coming years. Thanks to generous support from the Korea Foundation, CSDS will produce three papers exploring and proposing ways in which to promote practical cooperation between the ROK and NATO. They will focus on the general implementation of the ITPP, defence industry cooperation and lessons from NATO’s nuclear deterrence.

To this end, CSDS will organise a visit to Seoul to hold a public forum to enhance the understanding about NATO and ROK-NATO cooperation among Korean audiences.

This project is generously sponsored by the Korea Foundation.

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