Seoul is buying room by widening its partners rather than deepening its alliance. A first Central Asia summit and a tripled technology budget offset the exercise cuts

Authority

Cohesion holds, though a weak approval rating narrows what the government can ask of voters.

Reach

Its partner set is widening westward even as the American security tie frays.

Power Profile

Grip at Home: 73 out of 100
Weight: 69 out of 100
Regard: 82 out of 100
Outward Power: 55 out of 100
Growth: 60 out of 100

Dependency Quadrant

Mixed posture: 5 dependents, 8 exposures.

5Dependents8Exposures

Top 20 Snapshots6to54

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Active Conflicts

Korean Peninsula CrisisConflict

Asia-PacificFrozen Conflict

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Strategic Profile

Authority

Authority footing

Strong Institutions

Reach

Economic scale

$2T

Global Scale

Vulnerability

Export concentration

47%

Concentrated Exports

Mobilization mode

Liberal democracy

Fiscal capacity

High Capacity

Government effectiveness

Effective Governance

Logistics capacity

Advanced Logistics

Trade openness

Mixed Trade

85%

Population base

Large Population

52M

Capital openness

Closed Capital

Energy position

Import Reliant

85%

Defense burden

Heavy Burden

Defense spending / person

High Priority

$924

Remittance exposure

Low Exposure

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PF Score