Beyond its striking exterior, excitement around the MV3 Garuda largely derives from its local origins. -- Alexander M. Hynd and Max Broad indonesiaatmelbourne.unimelb.edu.au/we-must-have-o…

New report from me out today with Liz Thurbon, Hao Tan, Susan Park and Andrew Walter: "Green Energy Statecraft for Comprehensive National Security" Read Here👇 asiapacific4d.com/wp-content/upl…

🚨New Publication🚨 Co-published with Reimagining the Economy, Harvard Kennedy School, 'Green Energy Statecraft for Comprehensive National Security' outlines a new strategic approach to energy transition governance that integrates economic, social, environmental and geostrategic payoffs. 🔗asiapacific4d.com/idea/green-ene…

Explore the paper 'Green Energy Statecraft for Comprehensive National Security' at asiapacific4d.com/idea/green-ene…. Watch a recording of the launch featuring authors Elizabeth Thurbon, Alexander M. Hynd, Hao Tan, 💧🔥🐨 Prof Susan Park and Andrew Walter at youtube.com/watch?v=gziUy2….

Here is a very quick explainer from (a much sleep-deprived!) me on the shocking events taking place in South Korea over the last 14 hours. The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand theconversation.com/south-korea-ha…

South Korea has been a stable democracy since the 1980s, but the country was plunged into a short-lived, but severe, constitutional crisis. Here’s how it played out. Alexander M. Hynd from UNSW explains. theconversation.com/south-korea-ha…

My final piece for 2024: an article from my time as a Non-res Fellow for Pacific Forum examining possible regional perspectives on a nuclear South Korea. Please do DM me if interested in this topic -- more in the pipeline! #NonnuclearSouthKorea journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23…

Very happy to see that my recent research on S. Korea’s nuclear debates has helped lead to this new project and report by the wonderful folks over at Asia-Pacific Leadership Network cms.apln.network/wp-content/upl…

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Come work with me and my wonderful colleagues at the University of Melbourne, teaching on courses around Korean politics, society, and international relations. Applications close May 14. Please do send me a message if you have any Qs! jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/920…

New working paper for Pacific Forum together with Max Broad, in which we give our assessment of the 2023 'Washington Declaration' - one of the most significant developments in the US-S. Korea alliance during the Biden-Yoon era. pacforum.org/wp-content/upl…

South Korea has been in turmoil since former President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law and was impeached. Can the next leader bring the country back together? Alexander M. Hynd University of Melbourne theconversation.com/after-a-chaoti…

New from me ahead of S. Korea's June 3 presidential election. 👇👇

Interested in learning more about Green Energy #Statecraft? Explore this paper from Elizabeth and colleagues Alexander M. Hynd, Hao Tan (University of Nottingham, China), 💧🔥🐨 Prof Susan Park & Andrew Walter which was published in December 2024 by #AP4D and @kennedy_school's Reimagining the Economy, Harvard Kennedy School. asiapacific4d.com/idea/green-ene…

While South Korea might have to offer a deal agreeable to Trump, Seoul has experience in finding compromise and defending against powerful states’ economic pressure, write Alexander M Hynd and Daniel Connolly. eastasiaforum.org/2025/07/07/sou…

My latest, together with Daniel Connolly, on S. Korea and the Trump tariffs. Things are moving fast on this front, and I'm glad to see S. Korea has now secured an extension on the negotiation deadline until August 1. eastasiaforum.org/2025/07/07/sou…

Fun to be quoted in The New York Times on Asia's response to the Trump tariffs. nytimes.com/2025/07/13/bus…

Re-upping this piece I wrote back in 2020 about South Korea's nuclear debates and the legacies of Hiroshima. The 80th anniversary this week should be cause for sombre reflection on the state of nuclear risks in the Indo-Pacific and beyond. apln.network/analysis/comme…