The Korea Institute for Maritime Strategy (KIMS), the Center for Asia Pacific Strategy (CAPS), and the Defence Department of King’s College London (KCL) hosted the first joint webinar on April 14, 2026. Under the topic “Comparative War Strategies: The United States and Iran,” experts from the three institutes shared their thoughts on developments in the Strait of Hormuz, changes in U.S. alliance structures with Europe and Asia, and implications for the dynamics around the Korean Peninsula.
From KIMS, VADM Taeho Won (President), Dr. Samman Chung (Director), Dr. Seung-mo Kang (Research Fellow), and Mr. Jae Hyeok Lee (Associate Researcher) participated in the discussion. From KCL, Professor Greg Kennedy and Ms. Sandra Meerwein, lecturer and research assistant at the Obama Institute (University of Mainz, Germany), attended in person, while from CAPS, Ms. Hee-Eun Kim (Founder & CEO) and Col. (ret.) David Maxwell (Vice President) joined online from Washington, D.C. The three institutes agreed to develop this joint webinar into an annual event and concluded the session.
