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I am so glad to learn what happened in South Korea was various theories of regime change being put to the test. Thank you for this insight. Thanks also to those bringing wit and humor to tanks and special forces threatening civilians with guns. Hilarious.

In an explainer for Good Authority, I share some historical and contemporary context to martial law in South Korea and Yoon's botched attempt yesterday. goodauthority.org/news/martial-l…

Great detailed summary of the martial law event - conflict scholar version.

573 political scientists in and out of Korea have written and signed a declaration calling for Yoon's immediate impeachment. I've translated it into English with Jeong Hyun Kim at Yonsei: docs.google.com/document/d/1mz…

I appeared in wbur radio show (also part of #npr podcast) called “On Point” to discuss what happened in South Korea. The show describes the event, background, and the past quite well if you are curious about the bigger picture. John Kuk was there too! npr.org/podcasts/51005…

The most common sleight of hand is the attempt to argue that since LICs experience some of the worst impacts of climate change, they should be at the forefront in adopting mitigation strategies. This, of course, is bananas given how little they currently emit.

Scholars of political economy in Africa: please remember to apply for the 2025 #WGAPE meeting at OSU on April 25-27. Papers and research designs are due Jan. 7. Full travel funding is provided for selected authors. Africa-based scholars are particularly encouraged to apply.

Please submit your papers for the Boston/New England Area Working Group in African Political Economy (BWGAPE), scheduled for May 16, 2025, Brown University with the generous support of Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. Submission deadline: March 28, 2025 Link: forms.gle/vTGSfp4kEpuJWi…

My paper exploring the relationship between group prototypicality and how it impacts how boundaries are defined, is officially online American Political Science Review! 🧵👇

Join us on Wednesday, January 29th, at 4:30 PM for a PPE Workshop with Adam Auerbach of Johns Hopkins University at 25 George Street. Register here: events.brown.edu/ppe/event/2935…

Please nominate your students for the APCG-Lynne Rienner Best Dissertation Award in African politics. Dissertations filed in the 2024 calendar year are eligible. Deadline: May 2, 2025. Please circulate broadly! African Politics Conference Group Janet Lewis

Send us a submission for the Best Book Award of the African Politics Conference Groups (APCG)! Deadline: May 2, 2025. African Politics Conference Group Thalia Gerzso Happy Kayuni connect.apsanet.org/groups/african…

If you have seen work by a promising student or early career researcher on African politics in the form of a dissertation or article then nominate people for these awards, especially if they're African or African-based!

Here's the 🧵! Int’l relations scholars have long been trying to make sense of an interesting observation: policies endorsed by int’l organizations like NATO or the Security Council receive greater global approval. Some call this "legitimacy." But what does this mean? 1/n

The deadline for submission of papers to the Boston/New England Area Working Group in African Political Economy (BWGAPE) is March 28 (Friday). Please consider applying! Mai Hassan Noah Nathan Evan Lieberman Pia Raffler Rob Blair - robertblair.bsky.social