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U.S. cannot count on South Korea's Yoon to line up against China

Despite tough campaign rhetoric, president wants country to be pivotal state

| South Korea
Yoon Suk Yeol at the presidential office in Seoul on Jan. 10: The South Korean leader has good reasons to proceed cautiously.    © AP

Derek Grossman is a senior defense analyst at the think tank RAND Corp. in Santa Monica, California, and adjunct professor in the practice of political science and international relations at the University of Southern California. He formerly served as an intelligence adviser at the Pentagon.

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