Macron says the reception he’s given in China shows that France is “not just a country like any other.” Xi expertly playing on Macron’s vanity - this will end as badly as his Russia reset

Poor Brexit Britain. They thought they were going to have a 'bespoke' US trade deal', and here they are instead getting "bullied" by the "woke Irish identity". The author is very bitter. I enjoyed. spiked-online.com/2023/04/13/joe…

A look at why Japanese left parties are failing to lure young voters on The Japan Times japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/04/1…

On April 13-14, we held the first of three workshops for the project “Coercive and Emotional Diplomacy in East Asia: Japanese Responses”. The project is led by: Wrenn Yennie Lindgreen, NUPI Paul O'Shea, Lund University Raymond Yamamoto, Aarhus Universitet

torture of PoWs, shooting five year-olds in cold blood. i remember when the big story of the war was the azov nazis! i'm sure those who spread kremlin's propaganda have publicly acknowledged their mistakes and stopped making false equivalences .. right? theguardian.com/world/2023/apr…

With Covid receding, another pandemic stalks humanity. I’m referring, of course, to the scourge of awful takes by IR specialists on Ukraine. Their harebrained calls for “peace” betray an embarrassing ignorance of the subject, and they need to stop. My latest in The Detox 🧵

The 2020/2021 Tokyo Olympics: Does Japan get the gold medal or the wooden spoon? tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Försvarshögskolan (Swedish Defence Uni) advertises 4 salaried positions as PhD student in political science w a specialization in crisis management and security - one has a focus on climate crisis/security. Starting date: January 2024. Please spread the word! fhs.se/en/swedish-def…

Just under three weeks left to apply for the tenure-track position in contemporary Korean Studies at Lund University. We are open to applicants from across the social sciences, contact us for more details ace.lu.se/article/tenure…

What the press release says vs What the actual report says

Does Japan get the gold medal or the wooden spoon? Paul O'Shea and @smaslow_japan assess the success and failure of the #TokyoOlympics from the perspective of various stakeholders in this #OpenAccess article Japan Social Science Research #Olympics #Tokyo2020 #東京五輪 doi.org/10.1080/186927…

Detta låter mer som Kina än Sverige. Att använda etiklagen, som alla vet är dåligt definierad och skadar den akademiska friheten, för att åtala en forskare som ifrågasatte statens politik. kvartal.se/artiklar/proce…

Long time since i tweeted. Plenty to miss about twitter, especially the article links, and even some of the arguments. But, it's time to move on. Does anyone have a bluesky invitation code? Is there much political/IR content over there? Is anyone even still here?

i'm on the other network, the one not owned by a far-right edgelord bsky.app/profile/paulos…