Eun A Jo @eunajo.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Grateful to have this out in @intsecurity.bsky.social. @jessicacweiss.bsky.social and I show how Cold War analogies obscure more than they reveal about US-China relations. 1/6 3168
Reposted by Eun A JoInternational Security @intsecurity.bsky.social · 04/06/2026The issue includes: “The Ideology Trap: China and the Limits of Cold War Analogies,” by @eunajo.bsky.social and @jessicacweiss.bsky.social doi.org/10.1162/ISEC...doi.orgThe Ideology Trap: China and the Limits of Cold War AnalogiesAbstract. What role do ideological differences play in great power relations? Existing studies often treat ideological differences as fixed variables that exacerbate frictions between great powers. In... 121
Reposted by Eun A JoJacqueline L. Hazelton @drjlhazelton.bsky.social · 29/05/2026New in International Security! Ideology, the security dilemma, nuclear weapons, China-Taiwan @eunajo.bsky.social @jessicacweiss.bsky.social @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social @kerbydavis.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social @belfercenter.bsky.social @intsecurity.bsky.social 083
Eun A Jo @eunajo.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Looks incredible - and resonates with the emergence of developmentalist thinking in Cold War Asia 010
Eun A Jo @eunajo.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Please send us your dissertations to be considered for the APSA Nuno P. Monteiro Dissertation Award in IR theory! Deadline is tomorrow, March 31, 2026. 152
Reposted by Eun A JoSean Paul Ashley @regimes.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Excited to finally share my 🚨 new article 🚨 now online at @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social “The Dark Side of Defection: Security Force Defectors and the Aftermath of Nonviolent Revolutions. academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-.... Brief 🧵 184
Reposted by Eun A JoDr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Jie-Hyun Lim interviewed by @ginsengamericano.bsky.social about his book, 'Victimhood Nationalism: History and Memory in a Global Age', for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.open.spotify.comJie-Hyun Lim, "Victimhood Nationalism: History and Memory in a Global Age" (Columbia UP, 2025) 042
Eun A Jo @eunajo.bsky.social · 03/03/2026"AI is not corrupting our tastes but revealing they were already predisposed to corruption. LLMs have exposed a vast pre-existing cultural appetite for false profundity, and gave everyone a machine that can produce it on demand." 060
Reposted by Eun A JoSangsin Lee @sslee.bsky.social · 19/02/2026The sentencing trial for Yoon Suk-yeol will begin in 10 minutes. 551592
Reposted by Eun A JoMortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University @mortaracenter.bsky.social · 26/11/2025On November 19th, Professor @jeffreyding.bsky.social from The George Washington University received the prestigious Lepgold Book Prize at the Mortara Center. This award recognizes the best book in international relations published in 2024. Photo credit: @georgetown-sfs.bsky.social 3175
Reposted by Eun A JoGood Authority @goodauth.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Japan’s new prime minister faces big foreign policy challenges. Can Sanae Takaichi keep Washington close – and navigate regional threats? William & Mary's @eunajo.bsky.social discusses here: goodauthority.org/news/sanae-t...goodauthority.orgJapan’s new prime minister faces big foreign policy challengesCan Sanae Takaichi keep Washington close – and navigate regional threats? 042
Reposted by Eun A JoPauliina Patana @pauliinapatana.bsky.social · 31/10/2025What a delight to attend @kbclarke.bsky.social’s book launch at the fully packed @mortaracenter.bsky.social tonight! Such thought-provoking and insightful scholarship and engaging discussion @laiabalcells.bsky.social 3112
Reposted by Eun A JoPaul Schuler @paulschuler.bsky.social · 07/10/2025We have a new article in @cpsjournal.bsky.social theorizing founding leader personality cult emergence in Vietnam, China and Indonesia. It'll be part of a special issue "Imagining Nations" w/ @eunajo.bsky.social, @deandulay.bsky.social, @jiyoungko.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comFounding Leaders and National Narratives: Anthropomorphism and the Roots of Founding Leader Personality Cults in Three East Asian Cases - Paul Schuler, Trung-Anh Nguyen, Yongfeng Tang, Mohammad Khan, ...Founding leader personality cults are crucial components of national narratives. Yet, relatively little research examines how they emerge. A small political sci... 0113
Reposted by Eun A JoSeo-young Silvia Kim @sysilviakim.bsky.social · 07/10/2025U.S. political scientists, are any of your depts *not* admitting new PhD students this year (esp. for international applicants)? I'm gathering info to help students know where to reconsider applying. Applications are not cheap and they're despairing. Appreciate any details. 1187
Reposted by Eun A JoDonghyun Danny Choi @dhdannychoi.bsky.social · 01/10/2025So happy to see this out! We caution against excessive optimism that the opposition will restore countries back to their democratic trajectories after electoral victory. Weakened institutions and the memory of repression makes it tempting to continue rather than buck the trend of autocratization. 25027
Eun A Jo @eunajo.bsky.social · 01/10/2025In my latest for @goodauth.bsky.social, I write about why boundary-keeping is just as important as developing inclusive narratives for democracy 090
Reposted by Eun A JoAcademic Audio Transcription Ltd @aat-transcribes.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Hey there! Did you know that we’re a disabled-led, disabled-majority social enterprise specialising in supporting research through human-only transcription services? We’ve masses of research experience, and about 1/4 in us have PhDs. Click here for more info & to get a quote 👇🏻academicaudiotranscription.comHome - Academic Audio Transcription LtdGet high-quality, human-made transcripts and closed captions from our specialist disabled-led and disabled-majority team of expert transcribers. 197
Reposted by Eun A JoSinisa Malesevic @sinisamalesevic.bsky.social · 23/09/2025More information about my new book which will be published by the Cambridge University Press on 11 December: www.cambridge.org/ie/universit... 1283
Eun A Jo @eunajo.bsky.social · 15/09/2025I’m happy to share this paper in @cpsjournal.bsky.social on democracy and national narratives, with insights from South Korea and Taiwan. It is part of a special issue on postcolonial narratives with @paulschuler.bsky.social, @deandulay.bsky.social, + others. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 1267
Reposted by Eun A JoJelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 27/08/2025So over the next few days I want to tell you a little bit about my new @oxfordacademic.bsky.social book about looted art. The book is about art so there are many great pictures! A very short, mini-thread 👇 88025
Reposted by Eun A Jo👓 Byunghwan 'Ben' Son @textvulture.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Deadline (7/25) is approaching. If you're interested in a year-long (but w/ light commitment) experience of talking about politics of Korea in a safe online community, this is a great opportunity. While priority is given to junior scholars, ANYONE is encouraged to apply. 031
Reposted by Eun A JoTom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 23/07/2025We live in an era of democratic backsliding. But the terminology of "backsliding" isn't up to the task of making sense of the deep crisis of liberal democracy around the world. I've just finished a working paper that lays out what I think is going on. tl;dr it's about the state and society 🧵papers.ssrn.comState, Society, and the Politics of Democratic BackslidingRecent scholarship on democratic backsliding has focused on measuring its global prevalence and identifying the causal processes and mechanisms that produce or 720250
Eun A Jo @eunajo.bsky.social · 21/07/2025With LDP's defeat today (and a sharper turn to the right in Japan's domestic politics), trade negotiations are about to get even more complicated. Some thoughts on @goodauth.bsky.social about what Trump's tariffs might mean for Japan and South Korea: goodauthority.org/news/trumps-...goodauthority.orgTrump’s tariffs are testing America’s Asian allies.U.S. tariffs have become a symbol of diminishing U.S. credibility in the region. 0135
Reposted by Eun A JoJennifer Mitzen @jennifermitzen.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Please share widely! IR Theory Colloquium (IRTC) 2025-2026 Call for applications / Due July 31 IRTC is a monthly, 90-minute Zoom workshop for early career researchers, aimed at improving theoretical arguments and expanding the IR Theory community. More info below: 02110
Eun A Jo @eunajo.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Deadline is now July 25th! @textvulture.bsky.social @jennargibson.bsky.social @edwardgoldring.bsky.social 054
Eun A Jo @eunajo.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Deadline is today! If you’ve got a paper on Korea, consider applying to the fourth cohort of the Korean Political Studies Colloquium (KPSC): textvulture.github.io/presentation... 072
Reposted by Eun A JoDan Nexon @dhnexon.net · 02/07/2025The @duckofminerva.bsky.social is a International Relations blog with a focus on theory, teaching, and research. I founded it in 2005. It quickly grew to become a cooperative endeavor. It's gone from multiple pieces a day to maybe an article every 2 weeks. But it's still alive and publishing.duckofminerva.comThe Duck of MinervaThe Duck Quacks at Twilight 13010
Reposted by Eun A JoStanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · 24/06/2025In South Korea, protest is a ubiquitous and essential form of political expression. Against Abandonment is at once a chronicle of the life-and-death character of protesting precarity in South Korea and a searing examination of repertoires of solidarity for upending injustice www.sup.org/books/as... 2228
Reposted by Eun A JoMike Thompson-Brusstar @mthompsonbrusstar.com · 19/06/2025I made an explorer for some data I OCRd on Chinese organization work and management to '97, largely drawn from《党的组织工作大事记》(1990,1993,1999). mthompsonbrusstar.shinyapps.io/zuzhirenshi/ Might be of interest to the Chinese political science crowd, sinologists interested in the state / party, etc.mthompsonbrusstar.shinyapps.ioOrganization and Personnel (组织人事) Events Browser (1978–1997) 273
Reposted by Eun A JoCSIS Korea Chair @korea.csis.org · 18/06/2025LIVE NOW | 1:10–2:20 PM ET Panel 2: The Next Generation: The Future of Trilateral Cooperation 🔹 Derek Mitchell 🔹 Adam Farrar 🔹 @eunajo.bsky.social 🔹 @rosenbergerlm.bsky.social 🔹 Ayumi Teraoka 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVnb... 1922
Eun A Jo @eunajo.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Gender polarization in SK in one pic. Blue is progressive. Red is conservative. Orange is splinter-conservative. 0111
Eun A Jo @eunajo.bsky.social · 02/06/2025South Korea's snap election is tomorrow. It's been an intense 2 months since Yoon's impeachment was finalized. I share some thoughts on what to expect + hope for. 0135
Reposted by Eun A JoJohn Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 23/05/2025I can't stop thinking about this figure. 923967
Reposted by Eun A JoMinwoo Jung @minwoojung.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Lee Ok-sun, a survivor of the Japanese military‘s wartime sexual slavery system known as “comfort women,” has died at the age of 97. Her death leaves only six registered survivors of the officially recognized victims.hani.co.kr일본군 ‘위안부’ 피해 이옥선 할머니 별세…생존자 6명 뿐일본군 ‘위안부’ 피해자인 이옥선 할머니가 건강 악화로 별세했다. 향년 97. 여성가족부는 11일 이 할머니가 이날 저녁 8시께 성남의 한 요양병원에서 세상을 떠났다고 밝혔다. 경기 광주시 나눔의집에서 생활해오던 이 할머니는 지난해 3월부터 건강 문제로 요양병원에서 지 14419
Reposted by Eun A JoElif Kalaycioglu @elifkalay.bsky.social · 08/05/2025It's publication day! Take a look if you are curious about the narrative modes through which states pursue world heritage recognition 073
Reposted by Eun A JoDr. Devon Cantwell-Chavez @devoncantwell.bsky.social · 10/04/2025APSA's travel grants are open NOW and close May 1st! If you are planning to go to APSA, I *highly* encourage you to apply so that you can hopefully offset some costs of attending for yourself. apsa.secure-platform.com/a/solicitati...apsa.secure-platform.comAPSA - Login 083
Reposted by Eun A JoGood Authority @goodauth.bsky.social · 04/04/2025South Korea survived this democratic challenge. What’s next? The impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol is a critical first step in reversing the country’s authoritarian slide. goodauthority.org/news/south-k...goodauthority.orgSouth Korea survived this democratic challenge. What’s next?The impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol is a critical first step in reversing the country’s authoritarian slide. 16318
Eun A Jo @eunajo.bsky.social · 04/04/2025What a relief it was to hear such clear common sense, rather than some twisted legal logic. "As the president, he violated his duty to unite the society beyond those who support him." 0284
Reposted by Eun A JoThePeace21 @thepeace21.bsky.social · 22/03/2025이런 선한 마음이 모여 지금까지 이 나라를 올바르게 지탱해 왔다고 생각한다 04753
Reposted by Eun A JoCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 04/03/2025U.S. academia is all about pedigree. Where you get your PhD determines largely where you can get a job - even at senior level. Many places will hire an Ivy PhD without publications over a non-Ivy with several publications, even though the latter had much fewer resources during PhD period. 411116
Reposted by Eun A JoGood Authority @goodauth.bsky.social · 27/02/2025New voices join Good Authority! We welcome nine political scientists to our team of experts in our latest cohort of Good Authority fellows. Learn more here: goodauthority.org/news/new-voi...goodauthority.orgMeet our 2025-2026 Good Authority fellows!We welcome nine new Good Authority fellows for 2025-2026! Meet the new team here. 02411
Reposted by Eun A JoVicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Please spread the word: Reminder that, together with @emmylindstam.bsky.social and Joan Ricart-Huguet, we are organising a pre-EPSA workshop on Culture on June 25th at IE University. The deadline to submit papers is next week (Feb 15th). More details here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comEPSA Pre-Conference on CultureWe invite submissions for a pre-EPSA workshop on the topic of “Culture”. The event will take place on June 25th, 2025 at IE University Madrid. The study of culture has a long-standing tradition in pol... 0911
Reposted by Eun A JoJessica Chen Weiss @jessicacweiss.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Our inaugural report is live! acf.sais.jhu.edu/getting-chin... @jonasnahm.com @gwbstr.com @pstasiatech.bsky.social @himself.bsky.social @marygao1969.bsky.social @saranewland.bsky.social @apiavote.bsky.social Tune in today: video.ibm.com/channel/BvDQ... Full agenda: acf.sais.jhu.edu/getting-chin...acf.sais.jhu.eduGETTING CHINA RIGHT AT HOMENewly established institute at SAIS convenes its first gathering of experts. 2249
Reposted by Eun A JoQuentin Bruneau @qbruneau.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Delighted that my first book was awarded the 2025 Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical International Relations! Many thanks to the prize committee and to my friends and colleagues in the Historical IR section at ISA! 5346
Reposted by Eun A JoJeremy Wallace @jeremywallace.bsky.social · 08/01/2025I wrote about what are & are not climate emergencies today, connecting to @jodemocracy.bsky.social piece with @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social. Also began discussing some of the challenges that @triofrancos.bsky.social posed in her comment about China's planning and the energy transition. Lot's here!open.substack.comResisting the Climate Emergency SirensAnd eco-authoritarian temptations 23011
Reposted by Eun A Jojamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/01/2025cannot overstate the degree to which i am negatively polarized against nimbys. like, if you go to a public meeting to speak against lower cost housing i think the city should eminent domain your house and your house specifically 14977541063
Reposted by Eun A JoAmoz JY Hor @amozhor.bsky.social · 06/01/2025We found it surprising at how little was written on Emotions and Global Governance, so @jittipm.bsky.social and I wrote this essay for the Oxford Handbook on Emotions and IR (edited by @simonkoschut.bsky.social & @andrewagross.bsky.social) :) 1147
Reposted by Eun A JoRoland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Here it is: a tribute to Emma Hutchison, my amazing wife and research collaborator. I hope it does justice to the brilliant scholar and the remarkable person she was. Sorry it took me a while after Emma’s passing to gather enough strength to honour her. www.rolandbleiker.com/tribute-to-e... 818033
Reposted by Eun A JoBenjamin A. Engel @benjaminaengel.bsky.social · 29/12/2024In this short reflection article for the Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, I focus on the impact of the New Right and election conspiracies among the Korean far right on Yoon's decision to declare martial law. 1/ apjjf.org/2024/12/engelapjjf.orgMaking Sense of South Korea’s Senseless Martial Law Declaration - The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus 66526