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📕 How did Louis XIV survive his failed bid for hegemony? My new book with @anthempress.bsky.social explores the Sun King’s war termination lessons, still relevant for great powers today. 🛒 Get it here: www.amazon.com/How-Louis-XI...

The U.S. foreign policy upheaval: back to the basics? www.meer.com/en/90716-the...

최근 출간된 『한국의 핵안보 프로젝트 2』에 저의 연구가 21장에 실렸습니다. 이번 장에서는 영국과 프랑스를 효과적으로 설득하는 방안을 다루며, 한국의 핵안보 환경에서 두 유럽 강대국이 가지는 전략적 의미와 외교적 레버리지를 분석했습니다. 핵안보, 외교전략, 한반도 안보정책에 관심 있는 분들께 이 책을 추천드립니다. 👉 product.kyobobook.co.kr/detail/S0002...

My review of "Negotiation Dynamics to Denuclearize North Korea" is out in the North Korean Review. jstor.org/stable/27393...

My latest article explores Vietnam's regional expansionism after 1975 and the international conditions that enabled, and ultimately contained, its ambitions. snuacwebzine.snu.ac.kr?p=8889

While Thailand and Cambodia edge toward war, my two recent books explore regional power politics, and the two countries feature prominently in both: 🌏 Territorial Expansion and Great Power Behavior During the Cold War 🌐 Bandwagoning in International Relations 🔗 www.dylanmotin.com/my-books

#OpenAccess from our new issue - Best Practices and Elite Belief: International Competition and State Modernization in Qing China and Meiji Japan - cup.org/4eHFG1y - Alexandre Haym & @dylanmotin.bsky.social

If you'd like to learn more about President Lee's policies towards China and Russia, you can check out @joelatkinson.bsky.social's and my appearance on KBS World from yesterday (episode from 07.08, at minute 8). world.kbs.co.kr/service/prog...

#OpenAccess from our new issue - Best Practices and Elite Belief: International Competition and State Modernization in Qing China and Meiji Japan - cup.org/4eHFG1y - Alexandre Haym & @dylanmotin.bsky.social

New article out in Asian Development Perspectives: “Who Won the San Francisco Earthquake?” The Impact of Disasters on International Politics 🔍 Not all disasters reshape world politics. 📉 Only those that shift the balance of power do. 🌍 Realists, take note. Read it here 👉 doi.org/10.22681/ADP...

My book Bandwagoning in International Relations is now in paperback! Grab it with 30% off at Vernon Press — use code OHSJ30. 🛒 vernonpress.com/book/2109 #IR #PowerPolitics #China #Russia #BookRelease

Iran’s predicament is a textbook example of why realists prize raw military power. If you have enemies and lack sufficient military capabilities, you get attacked, no matter how loud your rhetoric or how wide your network of proxies.

📘 My new book is out with Routledge! Territorial Expansion and Great Power Behavior During the Cold War explores why and when states like Egypt & Vietnam expanded to acquire resources. Grab a copy: www.routledge.com/Territorial-... #InternationalRelations #IR #SecurityStudies #MiddleEast #History

Could Presidents Lee and Trump be the key to peace in Korea? I explore this question in this new piece. nationalinterest.org/blog/korea-w...

A shocker, who could have possibly foreseen that? www.politico.eu/article/nato...

Nukes won’t protect you from everything. But in a rough neighborhood, a state without them is on a timer.

So much for "nothing ever happens."

Shifting power on the Korean peninsula? www.meer.com/en/87664-shi...

The ‘New Axis of Evil’: imminent danger or threat inflation? www.meer.com/en/86797-the...

🚨 India–Pakistan tensions are rising. One alliance that still shapes the region: China & Pakistan. I unpack it in Bandwagoning in International Relations. 📘 vernonpress.com/book/1913 #Geopolitics #IR #ChinaPakistan

Latest issue of free-to-access Journal of East Asian Affairs from South Korea’s Institute for National Security Strategy (INSS). (I am executive editor, with INSS Director Han Sukhee as publisher and Mason Richey as editor-in-chief). Submissions welcome, 1 million KRW honorarium.

You may find here my perspective on North Korean foreign policy. I make the case that the DPRK's foreign policy should be understood as primarily a realist one, responding rationally to the international incentives that weigh on it. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Why Indonesia can qualify as an offshore balancer, and why it matters in this new piece.

I lay out here the case for a South Korean nuclear deterrent, arguing that it would benefit American security by allowing the US to refocus on China while having South Korea maintain the balance on the Korean Peninsula. thehill.com/opinion/inte...

Check our new piece on Qing China’s decline and Meiji Japan’s rise!

A short piece concerning the situation in Congo. Rwanda and Congo Clash as Major War Brews in Central Africa www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/rwanda-and-c...

If you want to hear me ramble about North Korea and stuff ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZZm...

With the new administration coming into power shortly, check my new National Interest piece. nationalinterest.org/blog/korea-w...

@cejiss.bsky.social looks for contributions on "Populists in International Organisations" - submit your abstracts by 31 January. More info: cejiss.org/populists-in...

Check out this piece for CNA on Sunday's Jeju Air crash. www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/j...

Lee Seok-yeon, a distinguished professor at Dongseo University and former Minister of Government Legislation during the Lee Myung-bak administration predicts that the constitutional court will reach a unanimous decision to remove Yoon from office, with a decision possible within two months.

204 yes votes. Yoon is impeached

I'm honored to receive a Prix Jeunes Chercheurs CRRC 2024 with the support of the French Embassy in Seoul. My research, exploring South Korea's debate on developing its own nuclear deterrent, was selected for this award. A big thank you to the CRRC, the French Embassy, and everyone who participated!

Check out my new National Interest piece. North Korea's deployment in Ukraine will have a limited short-term impact, but its repercussions on the Korean Peninsula will be felt for many years to come. nationalinterest.org/blog/korea-w...

Check out my last piece for PacNet! I discuss the growing risk of a Chinese military intervention in Myanmar and what it could look like. Full article here: pacforum.org/publications...

Why do some states align with China or Russia despite International Relations theory seeing bandwagoning as a desperate choice? In my first book, I show that 🇺🇸 focus on ideology offers them new allies. Meanwhile, an agnostic foreign policy decreases 🇨🇳 & 🇷🇺 regional sway. vernonpress.com/book/1913