Dave Kang

Go Kyuri!!!!!!!

Network strategies of secondary states in the Asia-Pacific: evidence from joint military exercises, 1970–2024 Abstract. How do secondary states in the Asia-Pacific enhance their security and strategic autonomy in a networked strategic environment? Conventional stud

Great new article from Professor Kyuri Park, on joint military exercises in East Asia. My short summary? China is doing way more JMEs, even with US allies, than we realize. The region continues to move in ways not expected by conventional DC wisdom.

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TBH I'm not sure this is the final decision. Let's all calm down here...

Kim Jong-Un Selects Teen Daughter As North Korea’s Next Leader South Korea’s spy agency believes North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has chosen his daughter Kim Ju Ae as his heir, with the 13-year-old having recently attended several high profile events alongside her...

"Four interviews and this is how I find out they went internal?" :) Kim Jong-Un Selects Teen Daughter As North Korea’s Next Leader — theonion.com/kim-jong-un-...

YouTube video by 핫이슈지 북조선 비줴이 김부애 당차게 인사올립네다.

혹시 이것땜에 북한에서 유튜브를 공격했다고 해도 놀라지 않겠다.

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This is an A+ troll. (I guess LA could have a reciprocal “don’t be a GIANT ass” campaign.)

Such a novelty, electing Guy Who Actually Enjoys Doing Job of Mayor as mayor

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To me, this will always be the iconic version. But I am biased because that world cup was so, so, so awesome in every way: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n82L...

Review of Beyond power transitions. The lessons of East Asian history and the future of U.S. —China relations Amid escalating geopolitical tensions between the USA and China, Xinru Ma and David C. Kang’s Beyond Power Transitions thoughtfully engages one of the most

"For anyone invested in U.S.-China relations, East Asian history, or global stability more broadly, this book constitutes indispensable reading."

@messingschlager.bsky.social reviews Xinru Ma and @daveckang.bsky.social's @columbiaup.bsky.social book, "Beyond Power Transitions." buff.ly/XKlCDnP

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This is beautiful: Lady Gaga singing Mr. Rogers' "Won't you be my neighbor." www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3o5...

China’s ambitions are narrower than Washington thinks China’s foreign policy is driven more by domestic priorities than by the pursuit of global influence

Jackie Wong, Zenobia Chan, and I argue that China's goals are more status quo than revisionist: eastasiaforum.org/2026/01/10/c...

oh that's it!

SoCal in the 1940s. Panorama?

Check Out These Amazing Features On The New Trump-Class Battleship President Trump announced an exciting new Trump-class battleship that will be the largest, fastest, and most powerful battleship fleet in the world.

Okay, this is really clever: ("state of the art gay-dar" hahaha)...

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Episode 12: Can East Asia reconcile with itself? - Asian Peace Talks Kishore Mahbubani interviews David Kang, the Maria Crutcher Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California and a recognised expert on East Asia. This wide-ranging c...

I was delighted to talk to former Singaporean ambassador Kishore Mahbubani about why China is more a status quo than revisionist power and the implications of this for East Asia as a region and the United States.

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A very well-written review of Xinru Ma and my book, "Beyond Power Transitions: The Lessons of East Asian History and the Future of US-China relations". networks.h-net.org/group/review...

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A lady on TikTok has been calling churches pretending to be a mother with a baby who needs formula and several churches turned her away. But wouldn’t you know that when she called a Mosque (Islamic Center of Charlotte) they immediately said yes.

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I love it all. 😎⚽️

Thank you!

I'm actually quite proud of that analysis, and I stand by it. I'm not surprised that North Korea has survived as long as it has. And, I see little evidence now that KJU or NK is teetering on the brink...so our policies should reflect that...

I'm preparing to do a lecture tomorrow on why NK has survived...I found an article I wrote 31 years ago (Good grief I'm old), that I think stands up pretty well. "Rolling with the punches" was pretty accurate, I must say! www.jstor.org/stable/23254...

Happy Chuseok everyone!

Charlie Brown is 75 years old today!!!!

Trump 2.0 and Asia: An Asian Survey Special Issue This timely collection of articles brings together leading scholars to analyze the potential impact of Donald Trump’s return to the U.S. presidency on Asian countries.

Noelle Troutman and I published a piece on US-DPRK relations in the latest issue of Asian Survey. TLDR: we are pessimistic!

All the articles are free for a limited time. Act fast! Supplies are limited! www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/t...

Thanks for having us -- it was a great conversation about an important topic.

What Does China Want? The Authors of a New Paper Challenge the DC Consensus This week on Sinica, I chat with Dave Kang (USC), Zenobia Chan (Georgetown), and Jackie Wong (American University in Sharjah, UAE) about their new paper in International Security titled "What Does Chi...

We also did a podcast with
@kaiserkuo.bsky.social
where we go into depth about our methods, other views, and extensions of our argument. Give it a listen!

www.sinicapodcast.com/p/what-does-...

What Does China Want? Abstract. The conventional wisdom is that China is a rising hegemon eager to replace the United States, dominate international institutions, and re-create the liberal international order in its own im...

This is a shorter piece that extends and builds off our deeply-researched, 16,000 word essay in International Security. We have much more to say than even we could fit in this longer piece, and we may have to write a book. (heh). Read this piece too!

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What China Doesn’t Want Beijing’s core aims are clear—and limited.

We're doubling down!

@zenobiachan.bsky.social and Jackie S.H. Wong and I argue that China is more status quo than revisionist, and more inwardly focused than externally oriented. Read this and decide for yourselves!

www.foreignaffairs.com/china/what-c...

What Does China Want? Join as we discuss China's true goals and motivations.

Zenobia Chan, Jackie Wong, and myself on "What does China want?" with the Quincy Institute. Looking forward to it!

quincyinst.org/events/what-...

Before he was a Senator, a candidate for President, and our greatest champion in the fight against oligarchy, Bernie Sanders was the four-term Mayor of Burlington, VT.

I sat down with Bernie in Astoria to talk about the lessons he learned—and the work ahead.