One wonders if South Korean President Lee Jae-myung is really hesitant about joining the Quad. The administration of his  predecessor Yoon suk Yeol lobbied it best for South Korea to be  considered  for its inclusion in the forum.

Sources say President Lee aims to secure strategic autonomy for the South. His administration is promoting an early release of its troops from US wartime operational control. It has plans for a nuclear submarine program. So far, only Britain, China, France, India, Russia, and the US have deployed the nuclear-powered submarines. Lee thinks the strategic autonomy he is seeking is not at all detrimental to his vision of alliance with the US Lee is inclined just to strike a balance between South Korea’s traditional military alliance with the United States and his country’s economic reliance on China.

One, however, finds President Lee’s........

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