Eun A Jo
@eunajo.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at William & Mary.
www.eunajo.com
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Japan’s new prime minister faces big foreign policy challenges.
Can Sanae Takaichi keep Washington close – and navigate regional threats?
William & Mary's @eunajo.bsky.social discusses here: goodauthority.org/news/sanae-t...
Can Sanae Takaichi keep Washington close – and navigate regional threats?
William & Mary's @eunajo.bsky.social discusses here: goodauthority.org/news/sanae-t...
Japan’s new prime minister faces big foreign policy challenges
Can Sanae Takaichi keep Washington close – and navigate regional threats?
goodauthority.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Japan’s new prime minister faces big foreign policy challenges.
Can Sanae Takaichi keep Washington close – and navigate regional threats?
William & Mary's @eunajo.bsky.social discusses here: goodauthority.org/news/sanae-t...
Can Sanae Takaichi keep Washington close – and navigate regional threats?
William & Mary's @eunajo.bsky.social discusses here: goodauthority.org/news/sanae-t...
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What a delight to attend @kbclarke.bsky.social’s book launch at the fully packed @mortaracenter.bsky.social tonight! Such thought-provoking and insightful scholarship and engaging discussion @laiabalcells.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 12:39 AM
What a delight to attend @kbclarke.bsky.social’s book launch at the fully packed @mortaracenter.bsky.social tonight! Such thought-provoking and insightful scholarship and engaging discussion @laiabalcells.bsky.social
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We have a new article in @cpsjournal.bsky.social theorizing founding leader personality cult emergence in Vietnam, China and Indonesia. It'll be part of a special issue "Imagining Nations" w/ @eunajo.bsky.social, @deandulay.bsky.social, @jiyoungko.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Founding Leaders and National Narratives: Anthropomorphism and the Roots of Founding Leader Personality Cults in Three East Asian Cases - Paul Schuler, Trung-Anh Nguyen, Yongfeng Tang, Mohammad Khan, ...
Founding leader personality cults are crucial components of national narratives. Yet, relatively little research examines how they emerge. A small political sci...
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October 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We have a new article in @cpsjournal.bsky.social theorizing founding leader personality cult emergence in Vietnam, China and Indonesia. It'll be part of a special issue "Imagining Nations" w/ @eunajo.bsky.social, @deandulay.bsky.social, @jiyoungko.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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U.S. political scientists, are any of your depts *not* admitting new PhD students this year (esp. for international applicants)?
I'm gathering info to help students know where to reconsider applying. Applications are not cheap and they're despairing. Appreciate any details.
I'm gathering info to help students know where to reconsider applying. Applications are not cheap and they're despairing. Appreciate any details.
October 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
U.S. political scientists, are any of your depts *not* admitting new PhD students this year (esp. for international applicants)?
I'm gathering info to help students know where to reconsider applying. Applications are not cheap and they're despairing. Appreciate any details.
I'm gathering info to help students know where to reconsider applying. Applications are not cheap and they're despairing. Appreciate any details.
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So happy to see this out! We caution against excessive optimism that the opposition will restore countries back to their democratic trajectories after electoral victory. Weakened institutions and the memory of repression makes it tempting to continue rather than buck the trend of autocratization.
Conventional wisdom says that, once in power, opposition parties will return backsliding countries to the democratic path. In reality, not only is this not true, but it is not uncommon for the opposition to adopt the autocratic habits of the regime they replaced.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
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October 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
So happy to see this out! We caution against excessive optimism that the opposition will restore countries back to their democratic trajectories after electoral victory. Weakened institutions and the memory of repression makes it tempting to continue rather than buck the trend of autocratization.
In my latest for @goodauth.bsky.social, I write about why boundary-keeping is just as important as developing inclusive narratives for democracy
Good to Know: Nationalism and democracy.
- What is nationalism, exactly?
- What should nationalism look like in a democracy?
Democracy needs more than a good story. Read our latest, filled with resources from @eunajo.bsky.social:
goodauthority.org/news/good-to...
- What is nationalism, exactly?
- What should nationalism look like in a democracy?
Democracy needs more than a good story. Read our latest, filled with resources from @eunajo.bsky.social:
goodauthority.org/news/good-to...
Good to Know: Nationalism and democracy
Democracy needs more than a good story.
goodauthority.org
October 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In my latest for @goodauth.bsky.social, I write about why boundary-keeping is just as important as developing inclusive narratives for democracy
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More information about my new book which will be published by the Cambridge University Press on 11 December:
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September 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
More information about my new book which will be published by the Cambridge University Press on 11 December:
www.cambridge.org/ie/universit...
www.cambridge.org/ie/universit...
I’m happy to share this paper in @cpsjournal.bsky.social on democracy and national narratives, with insights from South Korea and Taiwan. It is part of a special issue on postcolonial narratives with @paulschuler.bsky.social, @deandulay.bsky.social, + others.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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September 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I’m happy to share this paper in @cpsjournal.bsky.social on democracy and national narratives, with insights from South Korea and Taiwan. It is part of a special issue on postcolonial narratives with @paulschuler.bsky.social, @deandulay.bsky.social, + others.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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So over the next few days I want to tell you a little bit about my new @oxfordacademic.bsky.social book about looted art. The book is about art so there are many great pictures! A very short, mini-thread 👇
August 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
So over the next few days I want to tell you a little bit about my new @oxfordacademic.bsky.social book about looted art. The book is about art so there are many great pictures! A very short, mini-thread 👇
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Deadline (7/25) is approaching. If you're interested in a year-long (but w/ light commitment) experience of talking about politics of Korea in a safe online community, this is a great opportunity. While priority is given to junior scholars, ANYONE is encouraged to apply.
Deadline is now July 25th! @textvulture.bsky.social @jennargibson.bsky.social @edwardgoldring.bsky.social
Deadline is today! If you’ve got a paper on Korea, consider applying to the fourth cohort of the Korean Political Studies Colloquium (KPSC): textvulture.github.io/presentation...
July 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Deadline (7/25) is approaching. If you're interested in a year-long (but w/ light commitment) experience of talking about politics of Korea in a safe online community, this is a great opportunity. While priority is given to junior scholars, ANYONE is encouraged to apply.
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We live in an era of democratic backsliding. But the terminology of "backsliding" isn't up to the task of making sense of the deep crisis of liberal democracy around the world. I've just finished a working paper that lays out what I think is going on.
tl;dr it's about the state and society
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tl;dr it's about the state and society
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State, Society, and the Politics of Democratic Backsliding
Recent scholarship on democratic backsliding has focused on measuring its global prevalence and identifying the causal processes and mechanisms that produce or
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July 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
We live in an era of democratic backsliding. But the terminology of "backsliding" isn't up to the task of making sense of the deep crisis of liberal democracy around the world. I've just finished a working paper that lays out what I think is going on.
tl;dr it's about the state and society
🧵
tl;dr it's about the state and society
🧵
With LDP's defeat today (and a sharper turn to the right in Japan's domestic politics), trade negotiations are about to get even more complicated. Some thoughts on @goodauth.bsky.social about what Trump's tariffs might mean for Japan and South Korea:
goodauthority.org/news/trumps-...
goodauthority.org/news/trumps-...
Trump’s tariffs are testing America’s Asian allies.
U.S. tariffs have become a symbol of diminishing U.S. credibility in the region.
goodauthority.org
July 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
With LDP's defeat today (and a sharper turn to the right in Japan's domestic politics), trade negotiations are about to get even more complicated. Some thoughts on @goodauth.bsky.social about what Trump's tariffs might mean for Japan and South Korea:
goodauthority.org/news/trumps-...
goodauthority.org/news/trumps-...
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IR Theory Colloquium (IRTC)
2025-2026
Call for applications / Due July 31
IRTC is a monthly, 90-minute Zoom workshop for early career researchers, aimed at improving theoretical arguments and expanding the IR Theory community.
More info below:
IR Theory Colloquium (IRTC)
2025-2026
Call for applications / Due July 31
IRTC is a monthly, 90-minute Zoom workshop for early career researchers, aimed at improving theoretical arguments and expanding the IR Theory community.
More info below:
July 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Please share widely!
IR Theory Colloquium (IRTC)
2025-2026
Call for applications / Due July 31
IRTC is a monthly, 90-minute Zoom workshop for early career researchers, aimed at improving theoretical arguments and expanding the IR Theory community.
More info below:
IR Theory Colloquium (IRTC)
2025-2026
Call for applications / Due July 31
IRTC is a monthly, 90-minute Zoom workshop for early career researchers, aimed at improving theoretical arguments and expanding the IR Theory community.
More info below:
Deadline is now July 25th! @textvulture.bsky.social @jennargibson.bsky.social @edwardgoldring.bsky.social
Deadline is today! If you’ve got a paper on Korea, consider applying to the fourth cohort of the Korean Political Studies Colloquium (KPSC): textvulture.github.io/presentation...
July 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Deadline is now July 25th! @textvulture.bsky.social @jennargibson.bsky.social @edwardgoldring.bsky.social
Deadline is today! If you’ve got a paper on Korea, consider applying to the fourth cohort of the Korean Political Studies Colloquium (KPSC): textvulture.github.io/presentation...
July 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Deadline is today! If you’ve got a paper on Korea, consider applying to the fourth cohort of the Korean Political Studies Colloquium (KPSC): textvulture.github.io/presentation...
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The @duckofminerva.bsky.social is a International Relations blog with a focus on theory, teaching, and research. I founded it in 2005. It quickly grew to become a cooperative endeavor. It's gone from multiple pieces a day to maybe an article every 2 weeks. But it's still alive and publishing.
The Duck of Minerva
The Duck Quacks at Twilight
www.duckofminerva.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM
The @duckofminerva.bsky.social is a International Relations blog with a focus on theory, teaching, and research. I founded it in 2005. It quickly grew to become a cooperative endeavor. It's gone from multiple pieces a day to maybe an article every 2 weeks. But it's still alive and publishing.
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In South Korea, protest is a ubiquitous and essential form of political expression. Against Abandonment is at once a chronicle of the life-and-death character of protesting precarity in South Korea and a searing examination of repertoires of solidarity for upending injustice
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June 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In South Korea, protest is a ubiquitous and essential form of political expression. Against Abandonment is at once a chronicle of the life-and-death character of protesting precarity in South Korea and a searing examination of repertoires of solidarity for upending injustice
www.sup.org/books/as...
www.sup.org/books/as...
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I made an explorer for some data I OCRd on Chinese organization work and management to '97, largely drawn from《党的组织工作大事记》(1990,1993,1999).
mthompsonbrusstar.shinyapps.io/zuzhirenshi/
Might be of interest to the Chinese political science crowd, sinologists interested in the state / party, etc.
mthompsonbrusstar.shinyapps.io/zuzhirenshi/
Might be of interest to the Chinese political science crowd, sinologists interested in the state / party, etc.
Organization and Personnel (组织人事) Events Browser (1978–1997)
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June 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I made an explorer for some data I OCRd on Chinese organization work and management to '97, largely drawn from《党的组织工作大事记》(1990,1993,1999).
mthompsonbrusstar.shinyapps.io/zuzhirenshi/
Might be of interest to the Chinese political science crowd, sinologists interested in the state / party, etc.
mthompsonbrusstar.shinyapps.io/zuzhirenshi/
Might be of interest to the Chinese political science crowd, sinologists interested in the state / party, etc.
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Panel 2: The Next Generation: The Future of Trilateral Cooperation
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Panel 2: The Next Generation: The Future of Trilateral Cooperation
🔹 Derek Mitchell
🔹 Adam Farrar
🔹 @eunajo.bsky.social
🔹 @rosenbergerlm.bsky.social
🔹 Ayumi Teraoka
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVnb...
Panel 2: The Next Generation: The Future of Trilateral Cooperation
🔹 Derek Mitchell
🔹 Adam Farrar
🔹 @eunajo.bsky.social
🔹 @rosenbergerlm.bsky.social
🔹 Ayumi Teraoka
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVnb...
Gender polarization in SK in one pic.
Blue is progressive. Red is conservative. Orange is splinter-conservative.
Blue is progressive. Red is conservative. Orange is splinter-conservative.
June 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Gender polarization in SK in one pic.
Blue is progressive. Red is conservative. Orange is splinter-conservative.
Blue is progressive. Red is conservative. Orange is splinter-conservative.
South Korea's snap election is tomorrow. It's been an intense 2 months since Yoon's impeachment was finalized. I share some thoughts on what to expect + hope for.
The next president faces the tough job of bolstering South Korea’s democracy as well as its economy.
Here's what to expect in South Korea’s June 3 snap election.
goodauthority.org/news/what-to...
Here's what to expect in South Korea’s June 3 snap election.
goodauthority.org/news/what-to...
What to expect in South Korea’s June 3 snap election
The next president faces the tough job of bolstering South Korea’s democracy as well as its economy.
goodauthority.org
June 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
South Korea's snap election is tomorrow. It's been an intense 2 months since Yoon's impeachment was finalized. I share some thoughts on what to expect + hope for.
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I can't stop thinking about this figure.
May 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I can't stop thinking about this figure.
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Lee Ok-sun, a survivor of the Japanese military‘s wartime sexual slavery system known as “comfort women,” has died at the age of 97. Her death leaves only six registered survivors of the officially recognized victims.
일본군 ‘위안부’ 피해 이옥선 할머니 별세…생존자 6명 뿐
일본군 ‘위안부’ 피해자인 이옥선 할머니가 건강 악화로 별세했다. 향년 97. 여성가족부는 11일 이 할머니가 이날 저녁 8시께 성남의 한 요양병원에서 세상을 떠났다고 밝혔다. 경기 광주시 나눔의집에서 생활해오던 이 할머니는 지난해 3월부터 건강 문제로 요양병원에서 지
www.hani.co.kr
May 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Lee Ok-sun, a survivor of the Japanese military‘s wartime sexual slavery system known as “comfort women,” has died at the age of 97. Her death leaves only six registered survivors of the officially recognized victims.
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It's publication day!
Take a look if you are curious about the narrative modes through which states pursue world heritage recognition
Take a look if you are curious about the narrative modes through which states pursue world heritage recognition
#OpenAccess -
Confirming, suturing and transforming international recognition: the case of world heritage - cup.org/4de49e6
- @elifkalay.bsky.social
#FirstView
Confirming, suturing and transforming international recognition: the case of world heritage - cup.org/4de49e6
- @elifkalay.bsky.social
#FirstView
May 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
It's publication day!
Take a look if you are curious about the narrative modes through which states pursue world heritage recognition
Take a look if you are curious about the narrative modes through which states pursue world heritage recognition