Episode Notes:

Last week, South Korea elected conservative opposition candidate, Yoon Suk-yeol, as the country's next president. To discuss Yoon’s election and how it will impact South Korean foreign policy, we’re joined today on the Warcast by Dr. Krista Wiegand. Krista is the director of the Global Security Program and faculty fellow at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, and an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

[ 00:45 ] Yoon’s foreign policy

[ 03:15 ] South Korean conservatives

[ 04:39 ] Opportunities and risks

[ 06:51 ] South Korea and Japan

[ 08:54 ] Obstacles to change