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The fecklessness of Foreign Affairs
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Blaming Trump and Israel for America's woes
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The Indo-Pacific strategy just sank in Iran
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The use of nuclear weapons against Iran
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What if middle powers don't exist?
What if middle powers don’t actually exist? Not in the sense that there are no states between great and small powers, but because it's simply not a…
Jun 29
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Three crumbling pillars of Australia's defense
It’s time to recognize that with changed strategic circumstances, Australia’s “enduring pillars of defense” have become Australia’s “outdated pillars of…
Jun 27
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A banana republic with nuclear subs
Australia getting nuclear subs is like a medieval knight putting on armor to fight diarrhea—externally an elaborate defense, internally, just a pile of…
Jun 25
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Korea's democracy is stronger in the West
For outsiders, the impeachment and prosecution of Yoon shows democratic strength. For insiders, the polarization and extremism still remain and show…
Jun 22
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Write a guest post!
The only real requirements are creativity, open-mindedness, and a willingness to say shite on regional or international affairs that can't be said…
Jun 21
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The three types of middle power articles
A review of the types of articles and commentaries on middle powers in five minutes of reading.
Jun 18
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Washington think-tanks, Trump, and Korea
To hear Trump’s 42nd deal to end the Iran war on the eve of a White House cage fight and conclude that Korea needs Trump's attention is some f%^&%d up…
Jun 14
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If South Korea had the resources of Australia
If Korea ran Australia, the focus would not be on exporting more iron ore. It would be on exporting steel, then ships, then trains, then cars, then…
Jun 10
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North Korea
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Washington think-tanks, Trump, and Korea
To hear Trump’s 42nd deal to end the Iran war on the eve of a White House cage fight and conclude that Korea needs Trump's attention is some f%^&%d up…
Jun 14
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The North Korea carnival is back
With little warning Trump told the world that he and Xi talked about North Korea and now the stage is again lighting up the liminal—the North Korea…
May 21
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When the U.S. accepts North Korea's nukes
Recognition as a nuclear state creates confidence, and confident states behave differently from insecure states. How will Pyongyang change?
May 4
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Counterfactual Korea: War or Peace had USFK left?
The value lies not in prediction, but in forcing us to see that the current order is neither natural nor permanent — and that futures start with the…
May 1
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Fiction
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Counterfactual Korea: War or Peace had USFK left?
The value lies not in prediction, but in forcing us to see that the current order is neither natural nor permanent — and that futures start with the…
May 1
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The narrowness of speculative fiction on Korea
The Korean War is the “Forgotten War,” and the peninsula remains stuck in a static conceptual role: a Cold War holdover, frozen in time
Mar 16
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Storytelling in international relations
In international relations, the most influential book of the Cold War wasn’t a theoretical breakthrough - it was a pulp novel with a moral message
Mar 16
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The Ugly American and Korea
Though the novel was set in the context of Southeast Asia during the Cold War, its insights into the importance of humility, cultural understanding, and…
Mar 16
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Middle Powers
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What if middle powers don't exist?
What if middle powers don’t actually exist? Not in the sense that there are no states between great and small powers, but because it's simply not a…
Jun 29
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Three crumbling pillars of Australia's defense
It’s time to recognize that with changed strategic circumstances, Australia’s “enduring pillars of defense” have become Australia’s “outdated pillars of…
Jun 27
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The three types of middle power articles
A review of the types of articles and commentaries on middle powers in five minutes of reading.
Jun 18
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Middle power scholars and epistemic capture
Mark Carney’s ideas that middle powers can restore the liberal-international order have become gospel in some academic circles.
Jun 2
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Tributary or liberal-international - isn't it all just hierarchy?
“Tributary” versus “Liberal-international” - it’s positive and negative. One relationship is described as subordination; the other is celebrated as a…
May 28
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