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Seoul's Bid for a NATO Arms Seat Runs Through Ankara
At NATO's Ankara summit, Lee Jae-myung proposed a 'Defense Industry Partnership 2.0' and opened talks on a procurement pact that would give South Korea access to NATO's roughly $9.9 billion joint arms market. The bigger question is whether manufacturing capacity translates into institutional standing, or whether Seoul ends up as a well-armed outsider.