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Jonas

@cakeandconflict.bsky.social
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Thinking about the big and small of crises and the organizations responding to them. Here, I read and post mostly about international politics in Northeast Asia.

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Nathaniel M. Smith @nathanielmsmith.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Kansai academicians! looking for someone to cover my grad courses in the 2027 academic year (yay sabbatical): Public Diplomacy Intro to Japan Studies Japan in East Asia Shoot me a DM or email if you are interested. Each course is MA-level, sometimes PhD students auditing. Usually 8-15 students.
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Gill Steel @gillsteel.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Anyone looking for a post-doc/visiting assistant professorship ? The Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies and the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies - full-time, two-year Departmental Lectureship in the Economy and Business of Japan to start on Sept 1, 2026 my.corehr.com
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Tobias Scholz @tobischolz.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Indien strebt an, eine Großmacht zu werden - auch im Weltraum. Auch deshalb verfolgt das Land bereits seit den 1960er Jahren ein nationales Raumfahrtprogramm. Hierüber spreche ich im neuen SWP-Teaser. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrWl...
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Auf Weltraumkurs: Welche Interessen verfolgt Indien im All? SWP Teaser mit Dr. Tobias Scholz
YouTube video by SWP Berlin
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H-Net Job Guide @h-net-job-guide.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
New job: Assistant Professor in the History of Modern Japan Trinity College Dublin jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69995
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Emily @suika.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
震災の絵本見たとき泣き出した荒浜校舎忘れられない  /エミリー・メープル・ボーン 三年前、詠み始めたばかりの頃の短歌です。「震災遺構仙台市立荒浜小学校」を訪問した経験について。 #311を忘れない #東日本大震災 #短歌
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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) @swp-berlin.org · 05/03/2026
»Multipolarität« ist zum zentralen, aber ambivalenten Begriff der Debatten über die künftige Weltordnung geworden. Eine neue SWP-Studie zeigt, welche Ordnungsvorstellungen und Ziele in ausgewählten Staaten mit dem Begriff Multipolarität verbunden werden. www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...
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Multipolaritäten – Die Ordnungsvorstellungen der anderen
»Multipolarität« ist in der internationalen Politik zu einem zentralen, aber höchst ambivalenten Bezugspunkt von Debatten über die künftige...
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Chad O'Carroll @chadocl.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
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USFK drill near China exposes strains in Washington-Seoul alliance
A U.S. Air Force drill near China’s Air Defense Identification Zone (CADIZ) has exposed growing strain in alliance coordination and raised questions about how Washington may increasingly employ U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) within a broader Indo-Pacific strategy centered on China. The episode began with a large-scale F-16 exercise over the Yellow Sea that prompted a […] The post USFK drill near China exposes strains in Washington-Seoul alliance appeared first on Korea Pro.
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International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Submissions for #ISAVirtual2026 close in less than a month. Visit buff.ly/eu1yQTS to ensure your abstract is considered!
Text: ISA's 2026 Annual Virtual Conference
 Order, Disorder, & Reordering
July 28th - July 31st, 2026
Submissions close on March 10th
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James D.J. Brown @jamesdjbrown.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
In terms of the timing of Japan’s proposed intelligence reforms, it’s reported that the Takaichi govt will aim to establish a National Intelligence Agency this year, while an External Intelligence Agency will be created by March 2028. news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/e56...
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高市総理、肝いりの「スパイ防止法」制定にも意欲 持論の「非核三原則」見直しは?(テレビ朝日系(ANN)) - Yahoo!ニュース
衆院選で歴史的大勝を収めた自民党。“高市一強体制”が確立されるとも言われる中、高市早苗総理大臣は、安全保障政策で大胆な政策転換に挑戦するとしている。
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Ashok Swain @ashoswai.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
We are recruiting 2 fully funded PhD positions in Peace & Conflict Research (Uppsala University, Sweden). 1 General PhD position (open topic within peace & conflict research) 1 PhD position focused on Nuclear Disarmament Apply here: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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2 Doctoral candidates in peace and conflict research
2 Doctoral candidates in peace and conflict research The Department of Peace and Conflict Research was established in 1971 to conduct peace research and offer courses in peace and conflict studies. Th
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NainRouge420 @nainrouge420.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
What a world huh

Lemon it’s still struggling to be born
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Dave Kang @daveckang.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
I was delighted to talk to former Singaporean ambassador Kishore Mahbubani about why China is more a status quo than revisionist power and the implications of this for East Asia as a region and the United States. asianpeacetalks.buzzsprout.com/1744847/epis...
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Episode 12: Can East Asia reconcile with itself? - Asian Peace Talks
Kishore Mahbubani interviews David Kang, the Maria Crutcher Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California and a recognised expert on East Asia. This wide-ranging c...
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Alexandra Sakaki @sakakialexandra.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Mein SWP-Aktuell zu den japanisch🇯🇵-chinesischen🇨🇳 Beziehungen ist gerade erschienen. ⤵️👀 www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...
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Das Ende des diplomatischen Frühlings zwischen Japan und China
Wie geopolitische Rivalität das bilaterale Verhältnis prägt
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Dan Smith @profdansmith.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
🎉 Just published! JAPAN DECIDES 2024! The most comprehensive analysis and interpretation of last year's general election in Japan––which saw the ruling LDP lose its seat majority and presaged further upheaval in 2025. E-book: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Japan Decides 2024
This book provides a coherent overall explanation for understanding in the election in both historical and comparative perspective
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Sense Hofstede @sensehofstede.nl · 18/11/2025
China and Germany hold fourth high-level financial dialogue in Beijing – Xinhua: ‘Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng co-chaired the fourth China-Germany High-Level Financial Dialogue with German Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of Finance Lars Klingbeil in Beijing on Monday’
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China, Germany hold fourth high-level financial dialogue in Beijing
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Tom Phuong Le @tomphuongle.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
criticalasianstudies.org/commentary/2... Have a new article out on Takaichi's election with Sebastian Maslow and Annalise Chang. check it out.
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Commentary | Annalise Chang, Tom Le, and Sebastian Maslow, A Historic Win, Familiar Politics: The Paradox of Takaichi’s LDP Leadership — Critical Asian Studies
On October 4, Sanae Takaichi secured a historic victory against four competitors to become the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)’s first female president since its founding in 1955. Two weeks later, sh...
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Emily @suika.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I'm very excited to announce I'm one of the four members of Tokyo Review's new editorial team! I especially look forward to platforming promising fellow early-career scholars, and contributing to a much-needed increase in in-depth English-language analysis on Japanese society and politics.
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Dan Sneider @dcsneider.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Tokyo Review has resurfaced as a source of smart analysis of Japanese politics, economy, foreign and security policy. EG this piece on the shaky LDP-Ishin arrangement. www.tokyoreview.net/2025/11/boom...
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The future of the LDP-Ishin partnership
Japanese politics has hit a major inflection point.  Takaichi Sanae has become the first woman to be named prime minister. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) over two decades-long coalition w...
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 31/10/2025
Commentary: Japan is deploying two officers to Lithuania for demining training in support of Ukraine, marking a key step in its evolving security strategy and the maturation of its defense policy.
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Japan’s demining deployment is a security milestone
This deployment is the latest in demining support that Japan has delivered to Ukraine since Russia’s full scale invasion began in February 2022.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 27/10/2025
In her diplomatic debut, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi looked to put fears of a more hawkish approach to China on the backburner and, instead, embrace policy continuity, during a summit of Southeast Asian nations.
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In diplomatic debut, Takaichi chooses continuity at ASEAN summit
New Prime Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi put fears of a more hawkish approach to China on the backburner as she promised boosted ties with Southeast Asia.
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Jesse Johnson @jljzen.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Trump, en route to Tokyo, says of new JPN PM Takaichi: “I hear phenomenal things. She was a great ally and friend of Shinzo Abe, who was my friend. … And I know they were very close, and I think philosophically they were close ... That really helps Japan and the United States.”
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Dan Sneider @dcsneider.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
For those that care. here is the full text of Ishiba's statement on WWII, focusing on the danger of nationalism and populism and the failure of the political system to control the military. He is speaking to the present moment, not only in Japan I suspect. japan.kantei.go.jp/content/0001...
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Jonas @cakeandconflict.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Excellent thread on the next round of political upheaval in Japan's political system.
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Kristi Govella @kristigovella.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Big news: Japan's Komeito withdraws from ruling coalition with Takaichi's LDP asia.nikkei.com/politics/jap...
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Japan's Komeito withdraws from ruling coalition with Takaichi's LDP
Quarter-century of formal partnership comes to end over political funding scandal
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Steve Biedermann @stevebmann.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
@mstephen.bsky.social and I argue @ecprtheloop.bsky.social that the return of power politics favours cooperation through #IIGOs, as they allow powerful states to increase their scope for action. Yet, the systematic turn to IIGOs is at odds with the idea of global authoritative rules. For more, see ⬇️
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Matthew D. Stephen (@mstephen.bsky.social)
Prof of IPE @ Helmut Schmidt Uni Hamburg, IR stuff, 🇳🇿, 🇩🇪, DFG Heisenberg Fellow, formerly WZB Berlin, rando https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=k0d0H2QAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao sites.google.com/view...
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Jonas Tallberg @jonastallberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
A timely collection of great articles on the UN, including my piece with @lisadellmuth.bsky.social on the legitimacy of the UN.
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Nina Wilen @ninawilen.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
👉 Look at that! 😊 Today the electronic version of my book: ⭐ "Securitizing the #Sahel. Analysing External #Interventions and their Consequences"⭐ is published on-line with @oxunipress.bsky.social! #security #defense #military #Niger #Mali #Burkina #Chad #France #UN #EU #US
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 05/10/2025
A split of moderate votes in the first round and the support of a party kingmaker helped propel Sanae Takaichi to a historic victory in the LDP’s presidential race.
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How Takaichi won the LDP’s leadership race
A split of moderate votes in the first round and the support of an LDP kingmaker helped propel the former economic security minister to a historic victory.
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Felix Heiduk @felixheiduk.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Praktikumsplätze in der Forschungsgruppe Asien der SWP zu vergeben, wir freuen uns über Bewerbungen: www.swp-berlin.org/karriere/pra...
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Praktika im Forschungsbereich
Praktika im Forschungsbereich - Politikwissenschaftliche Forschung und unabhängige Beratung in internationalen Beziehungen, Außenpolitik und Sicherheitspolitik für Bundestag und Bundesregierung
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Dan Sneider @dcsneider.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
South Korean foreign minister says out loud what many in Korea and Japan (and Europe) are thinking. www.hani.co.kr/arti/english...
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European Association for Japanese Studies @eajs.eu · 12/09/2025
APPLICATIONS OPEN: JF-CIJS-EAJS Fellowship. European PhDs in Japanese Studies (humanities & social sciences) can spend 4–12 months at Tohoku University (September 2026–Mar 2027). Stipend includes ¥310k/mo + travel. Around 3 awarded. Application deadline: November 21, 2025. eajs.eu/jf-cijs-eajs...
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JF-CIJS-EAJS Fellowship - EAJS
Tohoku University’s Center for Integrated Japanese Studies (CIJS), in collaboration with the Japan Foundation (JF) and supported by the European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS), has announced ...
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Nikkei Asia (Official) @asia.nikkei.com · 11/09/2025
Europe had ESG. Japan wants big role in disaster risk financing asia.nikkei.com/business/finance/eu…
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Europe had ESG. Japan wants big role in disaster risk financing
Tokyo aims to set standards for mobilizing global money for prevention
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Jonas @cakeandconflict.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Poland formally asks NATO for Article 4 consultations after it downed Russian drones that entered Polish airspace overnight. kyivindependent.com/poland-asks-...
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NATO activates Article 4 after Russian drones entered Polish airspace, Warsaw says
Article 4 of the NATO treaty allows member states to request consultations with the allies if they believe their security has been threatened, without triggering a military response.
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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Komeito casts its vote for the next LDP leader: www.47news.jp/13121879.htm...
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【速報】保守中道でないと連立組めないと公明代表
公明党の斉藤代表は7日、自民党の次期総裁について「保守中道路線の私たちの理念 ...
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Jesse Johnson @jljzen.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
BREAKING: Japanese PM says he has decided to quit 石破首相 総理大臣を辞任する意向を固める | NHK www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20...
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石破首相 総理大臣を辞任する意向を固める | NHK
【NHK】自民党の臨時の総裁選挙が実施されるかどうか、8日決まるのを前に、石破総理大臣は、党が分断される事態は避けたいとして総理大…
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Thomas Sommerer @tsommerer.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
How do international organizations change as the consequence of autocratization? A new article in @coco-journal.bsky.social with @debremaria.bsky.social explores how regime transformations affect IO membership composition. Are non-democracies taking over? ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Dr. Mark P. Barry ☯︎ @drmarkpbarry.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Kim Jong Un to attend major Chinese military parade in early September | NK News www.nknews.org/2025/08/kim-...
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Kim Jong Un to attend major Chinese military parade in early September | NK News
This is a developing news story. Please check back for updates. (Last updated at 11:43 a.m. KST with additional details throughout) DPRK leader Kim Jong Un will visit Beijing for a major military para...
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Michelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Trump-Lee Oval Office meeting has begun. Lee really leaning into flattery. He compliments the gold decoration, Dow near-record highs, American "renaissance," America as peacemaker under Trump, hopes Trump starts diplomacy w/North Korea & builds Trump Tower there and Lee can play golf w/Trump there.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 21/08/2025
Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings. www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2...
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Auswärtiges Amt @diplo.de · 17/08/2025
Unsere Freiheit, unser Wohlstand und unsere Sicherheit entscheiden sich nicht nur in Europa, sondern auch im Zusammenspiel mit starken Partnern weltweit. @aussenminister.diplo.de bricht heute zu einer Reise nach Japan 🇯🇵 & Indonesien 🇮🇩 auf. 👉 Darum geht es: diplo.de/2730472
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Zu Gast bei Schlüsselpartnern in Asien: Außenminister Wadephul reist nach Japan und Indonesien
Die erste Reise nach Asien führt Außenminister Johann Wadephul zu Schlüsselpartnern in der Region. Auf der Agenda stehen vor allem Fragen der Wirtschafts- und Sicherheitspolitik. Mehr zur Reise des Au...
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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Welcome to the Reactionary International: Sanseitō's Kamiya Sōhei shares that he met with AfD's Tino Chrupalla. digital.asahi.com/articles/AST...
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参政・神谷氏、独極右の共同党首と会談 SNSに「近く私も欧州に」:朝日新聞
参政党の神谷宗幣代表は5日、ドイツで排外主義的な主張を掲げて勢いを増す最大野党の極右「ドイツのための選択肢(AfD)」の共同党首のクルパラ氏と国会の事務所で会談したと明らかにした。同日夜、X(旧ツイ…
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Felix Heiduk @felixheiduk.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Tried to use Gramsci's ideas on interregnum as a starting point to make sense of current power shifts in the Indo-Pacific with an emphasis on three "c-words" (no, not that one): Contestation, contingency, co-constitution. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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The Indo-Pacific Interregnum
The era of US hegemony in Asia is widely believed to be in crisis, or even coming to its end. What follows is less clear. Scholars and policy have focused on the rise of China and a coming China-centr...
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Kristi Govella @kristigovella.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
New publication: I have an article out today in @thediplomat.com on what the July 20 Upper House election results mean for Japanese foreign policy: thediplomat.com/2025/07/what...
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What the LDP-Komeito Defeat Means for Japanese Foreign Policy
Increasing political instability will pose challenges to decisive leadership and give opposition parties more sway in specific situations.
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Kristi Govella @kristigovella.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Paid internship opportunity: The CSIS Japan Chair program is now accepting applications for its fall internship. Apply by August 11: careers.csis.org/opportunitie...
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Careers | Center for Strategic and International Studies
CSIS is a bipartisan, nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Center’s 220 full-time staff and large network of affiliated scholars conduct research and analysis and develop polic...
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Dan Sneider @dcsneider.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Yomiuri account of the bizarre negotiations with Trump with Akazawa and Lutnick scheming on how to persuade the Mad King. japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/business/eco...
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Trump Agreed to Tariff Deal With Japan After 70-Minute Talks; U.S. President Tried to Trade Concessions for 1% Reductions
<p>There was just about one week remaining until the Aug. 1 deadline when Japan and the United States reached a 15% tariff deal. Tokyo had managed to avoid the worst-case scenario of U.S. President Do...
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Charles McClean @cmcclean.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Japan elected a record 42 women to the Upper House—a step forward for gender representation. But our article shows how visible progress in some areas can coexist with deeper patterns of inequality. @takadanobaba.bsky.social, @clsturtz.bsky.social, Charles Crabtree academic.oup.com/ssjj/article...
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Selective development goals: examining Japan’s SDG implementation gaps
Abstract. In this article, we consider how efforts by the Japanese government and private sector to make the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
We're less than thirty minutes until the polls close in Japan's upper house elections. This is the start of my running thread for the returns.
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Jochen Müller @jocmuel.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
📣 Postdoc (75 %, 3 yrs) at @unigreifswald.bsky.social — start autumn 2025 on perhaps Germany’s most beautiful campus. Know someone with a PhD (or nearly done) in Political Science? ⬇️ #PolSci #Postdoc
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Paul Nadeau @pauljnadeau.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I'm extremely glad to see this group get off the ground and it's organized by some of the best rising stars in this space. Be sure to check out their opening event tomorrow:
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