Major achievement for #ROK opposition party in National Assembly #elections if these exit polls are to be believed. thttps://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20240410050193

more reviews by my GlobalAsia colleagues like John Nilsson-Wright of great books from Ramon Pacheco Pardo Sheila A. Smith Scott Snyder Aram Hur etc

globalasia.org/v19no1/book/sh…

Some reassuring electoral optimism nytimes.com/2024/04/03/us/…

For those who missed this, the video of our deliberations is now available.

Mapping Global Populism - Video

Panel 11: Forces Shaping Populism, Authoritarianism and Democracy in South Korea, North Korea and Mongolia (John Nilsson-Wright, 이준형 Junhyoung Lee)

Video: youtube.com/watch?v=aLSpYD…

A salutary and powerful reminder of the existential peril that #Trump and the #GOP pose to the world. The historical parallels in this thoughtful essay can’t be exaggerated. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

A hugely regressive step. Monitoring #NorthKorea requires the authoritative expertise of this body. Russia’s rogue behaviour regrettable but not surprising. washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/…

A terrifying foretaste of #Trump ’s future Secretary of State? wapo.st/3vmmmEP

Pleasure to have been involved. I learned a great deal.

ECPS- Mapping Global Populism

Panel 11: Forces Shaping Populism, Authoritarianism and Democracy in S.Korea, N.Korea & Mongolia

Join Dr John Nilsson-Wright, Dr Joseph Yi, Dr Meredith R. Shaw, Dr Sang-Jin Han, Dr 이준형 Junhyoung Lee & Dr Mina Sumaadii. populismstudies.org/mapping-global…

Very much looking forward to what should be a very illuminating discussion on #populism and its different manifestations in #ROK #DPRK & #Mongolia .

Interesting concluding paragraph: people embrace authoritarianism not because they are manipulated but because they actively enjoy and identify with it. nytimes.com/2024/03/09/boo…

Thought provoking essay. Some striking parallels between the views of Emmanuel Todd and John Gray. Liberalism in crisis, not just because of the treat of authoritarianism but because of its hubris & overconfidence. nytimes.com/2024/03/09/opi…

Excited to hear what tania branigan will be telling us this evening for DarwinCollegeLecture but equally slightly muted at the thought that this wonderful series is coming to an end this evening. But looking forward to next year's offerings.

Fascinating discussion on #IndoPacific security broadly defined, but uniquely from a #Pacific Island community perspective. Brilliant group of 4 deeply experienced experts challenge conventional thinking & expand our analytical horizons.

Fascinating discussion on #IndoPacific security broadly defined, but uniquely from a #Pacific Island community perspective. Brilliant group of 4 deeply experienced experts challenge conventional thinking & expand our analytical horizons.

Event reminder: Gender & political representation in the Indo-Pacific

Join Sarah Liu (she/her), Sohela Nazneen, and Dr Lisa Vickers who will discuss women’s representation and political participation in the Indo-Pacific

FAMES_Cambridge Fri 8 Mar 6pm
Sign up at bit.ly/3uLJj3WNEW

Very important findings here from Eyck Freymann Hugo Bromely.

Bottom line: A distant blockade of China, eg by trying to shut down China's oil imports, is very unlikely to work. 1/

youtube.com/watch?v=9mkF2t…

Friday beckons and that means another lecture in our Darwin College REVOLUTION series, this time given by Frances Spalding on the subject of Revolutions in Art. Here’s a foretaste. Sure to be fascinating & visually arresting. darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/darwin-co…

Detailed, arcane even, but valuable and maybe essential in considering future scenarios. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…