As a result of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Joe Biden of the Democratic Party will take office for the upcoming four years. Although U.S. foreign policy is expected to be more stable and predictable in the Biden administration, it is likely that its foreign policy will produce a modified U.S. global leadership, which has the features of both Trump’s America First foreign policy and the global leader of the liberal international order. Meanwhile, it is anticipated that U.S.-China relations could be more manageable in the Biden administration than it did in the Trump presidency even if U.S.-China strategic competition will persist. To maintain the strategic balance between U.S. and China, South Korea needs to pursue the ‘principled diplomacy,’ aimed at advancing its national interests based on the principles of ‘openness, transparency, and inclusiveness.’
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Dr. Min, Jeonghun is an associate professor in the department of American Studies at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA). Before joining the KNDA, he taught Political Science courses as an assistant professor of political science at Northeastern State University in Oklahoma, US. He is interested in conducting research on American Politics, ROK-U.S. relations, and North Korea-U.S. relations. He has published his research in academic journals, including International Political Science Review, Social Science Journal, Asian Survey, Journal of International Studies, Journal of American Studies, Korean Journal of International Studies, Korean Journal of Area Studies, Journal of Korean Political and Diplomatic History, Journal of Research Methodology, and Midsouth Political Science Review. Dr. Min, received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Georgia.