One side wants more explicitness in the level of commitment to the relationship, while the other wants to remain ambiguous.While this tug-of-war could describe what some romantic couples experience, it can also describe the tension in the U.S.-South Korean alliance over the issue of Seoul’s confidence in U.S. extended nuclear deterrence. Today, a crucial difference in perspective persists between Washington and Seoul regarding the ideal degree of explicitness in U.S. nuclear security commitments and the specific means of achieving them. This divergence, stemming from differing policy preferences and rooted in a disparity of trust between a non-nuclear ally and aThe post Bridging the Ambiguity-Explicitness Gap in the U.S.-South Korean Alliance appeared first on War on the Rocks.