Kim Jong-un… On the Perils of Journalistic Moonlighting for Academics 19 May 201818 Dec 2020 The inter-Korean summit which occurred on 27 April 2018 coincided with a rare stretch of open time and full energy for me, so I was able to write three pieces…
Kim Jong-un… Right of Reply: Kim Jong-un’s Rejoinder to American Threats at the UN General Assembly 22 Sep 2017 I imagine that most people did not expect Kim Jong-un to make a direct statement to President Trump -- I certainly didn't. But the North Korean leader has done so,…
Cultural Politics… North Korea as Cinematic Enemy: Donald Trump and ‘Olympus has Fallen’ 24 Aug 201720 Aug 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqFflLkbl1w I'm a historian of contemporary Northeast Asia, which means that narratives having to do with the Cold War or with peace and war in the region today interest me,…
North Korea… North Korean Economic Change as Relinquishing of Party Control 1 May 20171 May 2017 The veteran reporter Choe Sang-hun has produced one of the most interesting analyses to follow in the confused aftermath of the non-event that was the North Korean set piece for…
Kim Jong-un… North Korea, Opposition Politics, and British Nuclear Deterrence 26 Jul 201626 Jul 2016 I wrote the following piece for The Guardian, the stalwart newspaper for whose North Korea Network I have done a handful of essays and events over the past couple of…
American Foreign Policy… Gen. Douglas MacArthur as 2016 GOP Candidate 22 Jul 201523 Dec 2015 Amid the current field of Republicans vying for the Party's nod in 2016, how would General Douglas MacArthur fare? While MacArthur ended his career without having given a full run for…
Borderlands… Bubble at the Summit: Insecurities in Kim Jong-un Itineraries 23 Apr 2015 Is Kim Jong-un staggeringly confident, or do his behaviours and travel itineraries betray personal neuroses and structural fears? The short answer is that it depends on the issue under discussion. Let's…
North Korea… North Korea Misinformation Bingo 9 Oct 20149 Oct 2014 When it comes to North Korea, there are an awful lot of hypotheses floating about the information spectrum these days. Whether or not these all have been encouraged, tacitly or…
My Publications… Ears Plugged, Fuses Lit 6 Jan 2013 Just prior to the tolling of the bells that marked the turning of the year, I was fortunate to have an essay published in South China Morning Post on the subject of…
Chinese Avant-Garde… Two New Essays on China Beat: Sino-German and Sino-Korean Relations 23 Dec 2011 I've got a few more changes in store for Sinologistical Violoncellist in the new year (most of them involving the bass clef and Japan, not necessarily in that order), but…
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