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Thinking about the big and small of crises and the organizations responding to them. Here, I read and post mostly about international politics in Northeast Asia.

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For those that care. here is the full text of Ishiba's statement on WWII, focusing on the danger of nationalism and populism and the failure of the political system to control the military. He is speaking to the present moment, not only in Japan I suspect.
japan.kantei.go.jp/content/0001...

10.10.2025 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Excellent thread on the next round of political upheaval in Japan's political system.

10.10.2025 19:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Japan's Komeito withdraws from ruling coalition with Takaichi's LDP Quarter-century of formal partnership comes to end over political funding scandal

Big news: Japan's Komeito withdraws from ruling coalition with Takaichi's LDP
asia.nikkei.com/politics/jap...

10.10.2025 07:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@mstephen.bsky.social and I argue @ecprtheloop.bsky.social that the return of power politics favours cooperation through #IIGOs, as they allow powerful states to increase their scope for action. Yet, the systematic turn to IIGOs is at odds with the idea of global authoritative rules. For more, see โฌ‡๏ธ

08.10.2025 11:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A timely collection of great articles on the UN, including my piece with @lisadellmuth.bsky.social on the legitimacy of the UN.

07.10.2025 18:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐Ÿ‘‰ Look at that! ๐Ÿ˜Š

Today the electronic version of my book:

โญ "Securitizing the #Sahel. Analysing External #Interventions and their Consequences"โญ

is published on-line with @oxunipress.bsky.social!

#security #defense #military #Niger #Mali #Burkina #Chad #France #UN #EU #US

22.09.2025 08:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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#63: Terroir For Busy People

I found this episode of the Making Coffee podcast by Lucia Solis an interesting listen: pca.st/episode/4f13...

Despite the podcast being on coffee, Lucia has a background in wine processing, so she links to that quite extensively throughout the ep.

06.10.2025 05:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Takaichi won the LDPโ€™s leadership race A split of moderate votes in the first round and the support of an LDP kingmaker helped propel the former economic security minister to a historic victory.

A split of moderate votes in the first round and the support of a party kingmaker helped propel Sanae Takaichi to a historic victory in the LDPโ€™s presidential race.

05.10.2025 08:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Praktika im Forschungsbereich Praktika im Forschungsbereich - Politikwissenschaftliche Forschung und unabhรคngige Beratung in internationalen Beziehungen, AuรŸenpolitik und Sicherheitspolitik fรผr Bundestag und Bundesregierung

Praktikumsplรคtze in der Forschungsgruppe Asien der SWP zu vergeben, wir freuen uns รผber Bewerbungen: www.swp-berlin.org/karriere/pra...

25.09.2025 12:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

at the same time? In this economy??

19.09.2025 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

South Korean foreign minister says out loud what many in Korea and Japan (and Europe) are thinking.

www.hani.co.kr/arti/english...

17.09.2025 18:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
JF-CIJS-EAJS Fellowship - EAJS Tohoku Universityโ€™s Center for Integrated Japanese Studies (CIJS), in collaboration with the Japan Foundation (JF) and supported by the European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS), has announced ...

APPLICATIONS OPEN: JF-CIJS-EAJS Fellowship.

European PhDs in Japanese Studies (humanities & social sciences) can spend 4โ€“12 months at Tohoku University (September 2026โ€“Mar 2027). Stipend includes ยฅ310k/mo + travel. Around 3 awarded.

Application deadline: November 21, 2025.

eajs.eu/jf-cijs-eajs...

12.09.2025 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Europe had ESG. Japan wants big role in disaster risk financing Tokyo aims to set standards for mobilizing global money for prevention

Europe had ESG. Japan wants big role in disaster risk financing
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/finance/europe-had-esg.-japan-wants-big-role-in-disaster-risk-financing

11.09.2025 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NATO allies held Article 4 consultations after Russian drone incursion. Here's what that means NATO allies have held talks about Russian drones entering Polish airspace. Polish and Dutch fighter jets shot down some of these drones.

After doing so in 2014 and 2022 (right after the full-scale invasion), this is the third time Poland has invoked article 4.

apnews.com/article/nato...

10.09.2025 14:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The North Atlantic Treaty

Article 4 in full text: "The Parties will consult together whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the Parties is threatened."
www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...

10.09.2025 14:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NATO activates Article 4 after Russian drones entered Polish airspace, Warsaw says Article 4 of the NATO treaty allows member states to request consultations with the allies if they believe their security has been threatened, without triggering a military response.

Poland formally asks NATO for Article 4 consultations after it downed Russian drones that entered Polish airspace overnight. kyivindependent.com/poland-asks-...

10.09.2025 14:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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ใ€้€Ÿๅ ฑใ€‘ไฟๅฎˆไธญ้“ใงใชใ„ใจ้€ฃ็ซ‹็ต„ใ‚ใชใ„ใจๅ…ฌๆ˜Žไปฃ่กจ ๅ…ฌๆ˜Žๅ…šใฎๆ–‰่—คไปฃ่กจใฏ7ๆ—ฅใ€่‡ชๆฐ‘ๅ…šใฎๆฌกๆœŸ็ท่ฃใซใคใ„ใฆใ€Œไฟๅฎˆไธญ้“่ทฏ็ทšใฎ็งใŸใกใฎ็†ๅฟต ...

Komeito casts its vote for the next LDP leader:

www.47news.jp/13121879.htm...

07.09.2025 17:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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็Ÿณ็ ด้ฆ–็›ธ ็ท็†ๅคง่‡ฃใ‚’่พžไปปใ™ใ‚‹ๆ„ๅ‘ใ‚’ๅ›บใ‚ใ‚‹ | NHK ใ€NHKใ€‘่‡ชๆฐ‘ๅ…šใฎ่‡จๆ™‚ใฎ็ท่ฃ้ธๆŒ™ใŒๅฎŸๆ–ฝใ•ใ‚Œใ‚‹ใ‹ใฉใ†ใ‹ใ€8ๆ—ฅๆฑบใพใ‚‹ใฎใ‚’ๅ‰ใซใ€็Ÿณ็ ด็ท็†ๅคง่‡ฃใฏใ€ๅ…šใŒๅˆ†ๆ–ญใ•ใ‚Œใ‚‹ไบ‹ๆ…‹ใฏ้ฟใ‘ใŸใ„ใจใ—ใฆ็ท็†ๅคงโ€ฆ

BREAKING: Japanese PM says he has decided to quit ็Ÿณ็ ด้ฆ–็›ธ ็ท็†ๅคง่‡ฃใ‚’่พžไปปใ™ใ‚‹ๆ„ๅ‘ใ‚’ๅ›บใ‚ใ‚‹ | NHK www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20...

07.09.2025 06:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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How do international organizations change as the consequence of autocratization? A new article in @coco-journal.bsky.social
with @debremaria.bsky.social explores how regime transformations affect IO membership composition.

Are non-democracies taking over?

โžก๏ธ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

04.09.2025 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Kim Jong Un to attend major Chinese military parade in early September | NK News This is a developing news story. Please check back for updates. (Last updated at 11:43 a.m. KST with additional details throughout) DPRK leader Kim Jong Un will visit Beijing for a major military para...

Kim Jong Un to attend major Chinese military parade in early September | NK News www.nknews.org/2025/08/kim-...

28.08.2025 03:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump-Lee Oval Office meeting has begun. Lee really leaning into flattery. He compliments the gold decoration, Dow near-record highs, American "renaissance," America as peacemaker under Trump, hopes Trump starts diplomacy w/North Korea & builds Trump Tower there and Lee can play golf w/Trump there.

25.08.2025 16:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 83    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Japanโ€™s Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the governmentโ€™s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings. www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2...

21.08.2025 22:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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Zu Gast bei Schlรผsselpartnern in Asien: AuรŸenminister Wadephul reist nach Japan und Indonesien Die erste Reise nach Asien fรผhrt AuรŸenminister Johann Wadephul zu Schlรผsselpartnern in der Region. Auf der Agenda stehen vor allem Fragen der Wirtschafts- und Sicherheitspolitik. Mehr zur Reise des Au...

Unsere Freiheit, unser Wohlstand und unsere Sicherheit entscheiden sich nicht nur in Europa, sondern auch im Zusammenspiel mit starken Partnern weltweit. @aussenminister.diplo.de bricht heute zu einer Reise nach Japan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต & Indonesien ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ auf. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Darum geht es: diplo.de/2730472

17.08.2025 11:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ๅ‚ๆ”ฟใƒป็ฅž่ฐทๆฐใ€็‹ฌๆฅตๅณใฎๅ…ฑๅŒๅ…š้ฆ–ใจไผš่ซ‡ใ€€SNSใซ๏ฝข่ฟ‘ใ็งใ‚‚ๆฌงๅทžใซ๏ฝฃ๏ผšๆœๆ—ฅๆ–ฐ่ž ๅ‚ๆ”ฟๅ…šใฎ็ฅž่ฐทๅฎ—ๅนฃไปฃ่กจใฏ5ๆ—ฅใ€ใƒ‰ใ‚คใƒ„ใงๆŽ’ๅค–ไธป็พฉ็š„ใชไธปๅผตใ‚’ๆŽฒใ’ใฆๅ‹ขใ„ใ‚’ๅข—ใ™ๆœ€ๅคง้‡Žๅ…šใฎๆฅตๅณใ€Œใƒ‰ใ‚คใƒ„ใฎใŸใ‚ใฎ้ธๆŠž่‚ข๏ผˆAfD๏ผ‰ใ€ใฎๅ…ฑๅŒๅ…š้ฆ–ใฎใ‚ฏใƒซใƒ‘ใƒฉๆฐใจๅ›ฝไผšใฎไบ‹ๅ‹™ๆ‰€ใงไผš่ซ‡ใ—ใŸใจๆ˜Žใ‚‰ใ‹ใซใ—ใŸใ€‚ๅŒๆ—ฅๅคœใ€X๏ผˆๆ—งใƒ„ใ‚คโ€ฆ

Welcome to the Reactionary International: Sanseitล's Kamiya Sลhei shares that he met with AfD's Tino Chrupalla. digital.asahi.com/articles/AST...

05.08.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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The Indo-Pacific Interregnum The era of US hegemony in Asia is widely believed to be in crisis, or even coming to its end. What follows is less clear. Scholars and policy have focused on the rise of China and a coming China-centr...

Tried to use Gramsci's ideas on interregnum as a starting point to make sense of current power shifts in the Indo-Pacific with an emphasis on three "c-words" (no, not that one): Contestation, contingency, co-constitution. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

04.08.2025 09:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What the LDP-Komeito Defeat Means for Japanese Foreign Policy Increasing political instability will pose challenges to decisive leadership and give opposition parties more sway in specific situations.

New publication: I have an article out today in @thediplomat.com on what the July 20 Upper House election results mean for Japanese foreign policy: thediplomat.com/2025/07/what...

31.07.2025 16:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Careers | Center for Strategic and International Studies CSIS is a bipartisan, nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Centerโ€™s 220 full-time staff and large network of affiliated scholars conduct research and analysis and develop polic...

Paid internship opportunity: The CSIS Japan Chair program is now accepting applications for its fall internship. Apply by August 11: careers.csis.org/opportunitie...

30.07.2025 19:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump Agreed to Tariff Deal With Japan After 70-Minute Talks; U.S. President Tried to Trade Concessions for 1% Reductions <p>There was just about one week remaining until the Aug. 1 deadline when Japan and the United States reached a 15% tariff deal. Tokyo had managed to avoid the worst-case scenario of U.S. President Do...

Yomiuri account of the bizarre negotiations with Trump with Akazawa and Lutnick scheming on how to persuade the Mad King.
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/business/eco...

24.07.2025 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Selective development goals: examining Japanโ€™s SDG implementation gaps Abstract. In this article, we consider how efforts by the Japanese government and private sector to make the United Nationsโ€™ Sustainable Development Goals

Japan elected a record 42 women to the Upper Houseโ€”a step forward for gender representation.

But our article shows how visible progress in some areas can coexist with deeper patterns of inequality.

@takadanobaba.bsky.social, @clsturtz.bsky.social, Charles Crabtree
academic.oup.com/ssjj/article...

21.07.2025 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We're less than thirty minutes until the polls close in Japan's upper house elections. This is the start of my running thread for the returns.

20.07.2025 10:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 150    ๐Ÿ” 35    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

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