Daniel A. Pinkston (康大植 🥥 🌴 )

*Please share widely* New issue available of free-to-access Journal of East Asian Affairs @JOEAA_INSS, the English-language journal of South Korea’s Institute for National Security Strategy (INSS). (I am executive editor, with INSS Director Han Sukhee as publisher and Mason Richey as editor-in-chief) Articles well worth your time from: -Cullen S. Hendrix @cullenhendrix and Marcus Noland @marcus_noland (Peterson Institute for International Economics @PIIE) finding that rather than BRI participants, it was countries receiving Chinese arms that supported China on UN Human Rights Council Xinjiang votes. -Ryo Hinata-Yamaguchi @tigerrhy (Tokyo International University @IR_TokyoIU) looking at concerning developments in North Korea’s submarine capabilities. -Tran Thi Mong Tuyen (National Chengchi University, Taipei) on Vietnam’s stance towards the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). -Kang Kyu Lee @kangkyulee (Korea Institute for Defense Analyses @KIDA) drawing lessons for South Korea from China’s and the Us’ involvement in peacekeeping operations. -and, Stephen Nagy @nagystephen1 and Linh Ha (International Christian University, Tokyo) on Japan’s important role as a connector between ASEAN and the Quad. If you’re interested in submitting an article for consideration, please do so. INSS’s profile and free-to-access means it’s a great place to share your insights, and accepted articles receive a generous 1 million KRW honorarium. Editorial board: Ghulam Ali, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering Cai Cuihong, Fudan University Renato Cruz de Castro, De La Salle University Ja lan Chong @ChongJaIan, National University of Singapore Thomas Christiansen @TCEuropean, LUISS Jonathan Chow @jontchow, Wheaton College Chun In-bum @InBum_Chun , Lieutenant General (ret.), ROK Army Moamen Gouda @DrMoamenGouda, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies John Hemmings @JohnHemmings2, Pacific Forum Boris Kondoch, Far East University Tereza Novotna @TerezaANovotna, Free University of Berlin Jagannath Panda @jppjagannath1, Institute for Security and Development Policy Dan Pinkston @dpinkston, Troy University Lee Sangho, Daejeon University Lauren Richardson @Lauren_ANU, Australia National University David Tizzard @Hesp365, Seoul Women's University Advisory board: Ahn Cheong-hee, Advisor at Kim and Chang, ROK Ambassador (ret.) to the European Union Sven Biscop, Egmont Institute Nicola Casarini, Instituto Affari Internazionale Danielle Chubb @danielle_chb , Deakin University June Teufel Dryer, University of Miami Kim Hyun-wook @hki729 , Korean National Diplomatic Academy Keiji Nakatsuji, Ritsumeikan University Emil Kirchner, University of Essex (emeritus) Park Jae-jeok, Yonsei University Haruko Satoh, Osaka School of International Public Policy inss.re.kr/en/publications/b…

Rep. Thomas Massie has introduced a bill to abolish the Federal Reserve. (You can see the co-sponsors in post 2.) Project 2025 has teased this as a possibility as well. Massie apparently hopes to move the Overton window. 5/17/24 h/t @MomsSol 1/ yahoo.com/news/thomas-massie…

*Please share widely* New issue available of free-to-access Journal of East Asian Affairs @JOEAA_INSS, the English-language journal of South Korea’s Institute for National Security Strategy (INSS). (I am executive editor, with INSS Director Han Sukhee as publisher and Mason Richey as editor-in-chief) Articles well worth your time on: -The militarization of COVID-19 responses and autocratization, from Aurel Croissant (Heidelberg University and Ewha Womans University), David Kuehn (German Institute for Global Studies), Ariam Macias-Weller @AriamMacias (Heidelberg University), David Pion-Berlin @BerlinPion (University of California, Riverside) -China-driven changes in the US-led Asian security architecture, from Felix Heiduk @FelixHeiduk (German Institute for International and Security Affairs) -The survival of buffer states, from Olena Guseinova (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) -Mountain climbing and charismatic politics in Russia and China, from Benjamin R. Young @DubstepInDPRK (Virginia Commonwealth University) - And tensions within European efforts to increase economic security, from Michael Reiterer @M_Reiterer (Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy, Brussels School of Governance), Lee Il Houng, Monetary Policy Board (Advisor), Bank of Korea If you’re interested in submitting an article for consideration, please do so. INSS’s profile and free-to-access means it’s a great place to share your insights, and accepted articles receive a generous 1 million KRW honorarium. Editorial board: Ghulam Ali, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering Cai Cuihong, Fudan University Renato Cruz de Castro, De La Salle University Ja lan Chong @ChongJaIan, National University of Singapore Thomas Christiansen @TCEuropean, LUISS Jonathan Chow @jontchow, Wheaton College Chun In-bum @InBum_Chun, Lieutenant General (ret.), ROK Army Moamen Gouda @DrMoamenGouda, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies John Hemmings @JohnHemmings2, Pacific Forum Boris Kondoch, Far East University Tereza Novotna @TerezaANovotna, Free University of Berlin Jagannath Panda @jppjagannath1, Institute for Security and Development Policy Dan Pinkston @dpinkston, Troy University Lee Sangho, Daejeon University Lauren Richardson @Lauren_ANU, Australia National University David Tizzard @Hesp365, Seoul Women's University Advisory board: Ahn Cheong-hee, Advisor at Kim and Chang, ROK Ambassador (ret.) to the European Union Sven Biscop, Egmont Institute Nicola Casarini, Instituto Affari Internazionale Danielle Chubb @danielle_chb, Deakin University June Teufel Dryer, University of Miami Kim Hyun-wook @hki729, Korean National Diplomatic Academy Keiji Nakatsuji, Ritsumeikan University Emil Kirchner, University of Essex (emeritus) Park Jae-jeok, Yonsei University Haruko Satoh, Osaka School of International Public Policy inss.re.kr/en/publications/b…