Dylan Motin
@dylanmotin.bsky.social
Author of 3 books 📚
International Relations scholar 🎓
International political risk consultant 📈
International Relations scholar 🎓
International political risk consultant 📈
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Dylan Motin
@dylanmotin.bsky.social
· Sep 3
📕 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...
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...
📘 Pleased to share that Asian Affairs has recently published a thoughtful review of my book, Territorial Expansion and Great Power Behavior During the Cold War: A Theory of Armed Emergence (Routledge, 2025).
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📖 More about the book: www.amazon.com/Territorial-...
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📖 More about the book: www.amazon.com/Territorial-...
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 AM
📘 Pleased to share that Asian Affairs has recently published a thoughtful review of my book, Territorial Expansion and Great Power Behavior During the Cold War: A Theory of Armed Emergence (Routledge, 2025).
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📖 More about the book: www.amazon.com/Territorial-...
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📖 More about the book: www.amazon.com/Territorial-...
Sharing my recent interview with the Financial Times Chinese Edition where I discuss the current security landscape in Northeast Asia and Korean foreign policy issues:
ftchinese.com/story/001108...
ftchinese.com/story/001108...
法国学者迪伦•莫廷：中国崛起会引发周边新的对冲
莫廷表示，在当代亚洲，各国权力分配不平衡，大多数印太国家都害怕中国新获得的力量，中国与美国及其盟友的竞争不可避免。
ftchinese.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Sharing my recent interview with the Financial Times Chinese Edition where I discuss the current security landscape in Northeast Asia and Korean foreign policy issues:
ftchinese.com/story/001108...
ftchinese.com/story/001108...
I defended the 'yes' position in the debate 'Is war inevitable?'. If you're interested in war or international politics, give it a try!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sdi...
#OpenToDebate
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#OpenToDebate
Is War Inevitable?
YouTube video by Open to Debate
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October 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I defended the 'yes' position in the debate 'Is war inevitable?'. If you're interested in war or international politics, give it a try!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sdi...
#OpenToDebate
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sdi...
#OpenToDebate
Me with my new book! Available on all your favorite platforms.
Excited to see Dylan Motin, author of ‘How Louis XIV Survived His Hegemonic Bid' with his book. Get your copy here ➡️ tinyurl.com/bdcsk8dy #AnthemPress #authorphoto @dylanmotin.bsky.social #FrenchHistory #EarlyModernEurope #indiepublisher #newreads #newrelease #getyourcopy
October 3, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Me with my new book! Available on all your favorite platforms.
Some insights from 'How Louis XIV Survived His Hegemonic Bid.'
New blog article: 'The warlike king who died in his bed' by Dylan Motin, author of ‘How Louis XIV Survived His Hegemonic Bid'. Read here ➡️ tinyurl.com/y345s45u #AnthemPress #blogpost @dylanmotin.bsky.social #FrenchHistory #EarlyModernEurope
October 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Some insights from 'How Louis XIV Survived His Hegemonic Bid.'
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Out now! Explains how Louis XIV of France uniquely preserved and even expanded his realm by pursuing peace from a position of strength, unlike other modern hegemons who fought to exhaustion. Click here➡️ tinyurl.com/bdcsk8dy @dylanmotin.bsky.social #Newreads #FrenchHistory #EarlyModernEurope
September 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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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...
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...
September 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
📕 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...
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...
www.meer.com/en/90716-the...
The U.S. foreign policy upheaval: back to the basics?
Trump-led changes in U.S. foreign policy have been years in the making
www.meer.com
August 31, 2025 at 6:09 AM
The U.S. foreign policy upheaval: back to the basics?
www.meer.com/en/90716-the...
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.
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핵안보, 외교전략, 한반도 안보정책에 관심 있는 분들께 이 책을 추천드립니다.
👉 product.kyobobook.co.kr/detail/S0002...
August 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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...
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...
jstor.org/stable/27393...
August 1, 2025 at 2:54 AM
My review of "Negotiation Dynamics to Denuclearize North Korea" is out in the North Korean Review.
jstor.org/stable/27393...
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
snuacwebzine.snu.ac.kr?p=8889
동남아시아 패권국? 베트남 야망의 부흥과 몰락 | Asia & Asias
snuacwebzine.snu.ac.kr
July 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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
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
🌏 Territorial Expansion and Great Power Behavior During the Cold War
🌐 Bandwagoning in International Relations
🔗 www.dylanmotin.com/my-books
July 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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
🌏 Territorial Expansion and Great Power Behavior During the Cold War
🌐 Bandwagoning in International Relations
🔗 www.dylanmotin.com/my-books
Reposted by Dylan Motin
#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
Best Practices and Elite Belief: International Competition and State Modernization in Qing China and Meiji Japan - cup.org/4eHFG1y
- Alexandre Haym & @dylanmotin.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
#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
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...
world.kbs.co.kr/service/prog...
July 9, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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...
world.kbs.co.kr/service/prog...
Reposted by Dylan Motin
#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
Best Practices and Elite Belief: International Competition and State Modernization in Qing China and Meiji Japan - cup.org/4eHFG1y
- Alexandre Haym & @dylanmotin.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
#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
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...
“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...
July 7, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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...
“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
Grab it with 30% off at Vernon Press — use code OHSJ30.
🛒 vernonpress.com/book/2109
#IR #PowerPolitics #China #Russia #BookRelease
June 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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
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.
June 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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
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
June 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
📘 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
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...
nationalinterest.org/blog/korea-w...
June 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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...
nationalinterest.org/blog/korea-w...
A shocker, who could have possibly foreseen that?
www.politico.eu/article/nato...
www.politico.eu/article/nato...
NATO allies ‘not prepared’ for war, top UK defense adviser warns
Grace Cassy, an adviser to the British government’s defense review, tells POLITICO the U.K. has a “way to go” on taking up cutting-edge military tech.
www.politico.eu
June 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM
A shocker, who could have possibly foreseen that?
www.politico.eu/article/nato...
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.
I’m sure bombing Iran with the support of virtually the entire Global North is, like, totally the best way to convince them that they don’t need nuclear weapons.
June 16, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Nukes won’t protect you from everything. But in a rough neighborhood, a state without them is on a timer.