Honored to join my @utaustin.bsky.social colleagues today for this event on 9/11 and its legacies. If you’re around campus today, join us to remember and reflect:

SecDef Hegseth's Shangri-La Dialogue speech repeated conventional wisdom that's already eroded. No longer a functional division of getting security from US, prosperity from China. China's emerged as a global security provider, as @ibkardon.bsky.social and I show in @intsecurity.bsky.social:

Delighted to have an article in the forthcoming issue of Korea Observer, alongside some terrific colleagues, on the Yoon administration's approach to inter-Korean relations, compared to previous ROK presidents:

I looked up the DOE report on the INL nuclear reactor design incident that resulted in South Korea getting placed on the sensitive list. Based on the description here, makes sense that this would be the result:

Lots of speculation on the designation, but this incident at INL seems key. And frankly, that seems sufficient to warrant upgraded concern. Public discussion in ROK aside, unless other allies are walking out of labs with legally restricted reactor design info, that one data point sets Korea apart.

Reviewing page proofs for a forthcoming article on US policy in Asia in 2024 (in Asian Survey). This wasn't written so long ago, & I think it still holds -- but this morning, it feels almost quaintly understated:

Delighted to have a new article out with @ibkardon.bsky.social in International Security.
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