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My #1 fanbot

During 2018, a 70-year-old grandmother who was spending 14 hours a day tweeting as many thousands of tweets and retweets in support of a U.S. presidential candidate was repeatedly flagged as a bot by Twitter.

2021-12-23 16:31

Democracy in dispute

During the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign, Democratic candidate Joe Biden pledged that he would, if elected, host a summit of democracies. He argued that confidence in democratic systems has declined over the last 15 years with the rise of authoritarianism.

2021-12-23 16:30

What to make of US initiative and 'Indo-Pacific Economic Framework'?

The Chey Institute for Advanced Studies organized the first Trans-Pacific Dialogue in Northern Virginia, near Washington, D.C., Dec. 6-8. I decided to brave the 10-day post-trip quarantine on the way back in Korea to travel and participate in the dialogue, because I was very attracted by the list of participants from the U.S. and Japan, as well as the scope of the issues to b...

2021-12-21 16:24

Beijing bolsters Moscow on Ukraine

December has seen Russian President Vladimir Putin isolated on Ukraine in a series of big summits, but that changed significantly on Wednesday when his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping gave his strong support, entrenching an emerging Moscow-Beijing axis.

2021-12-21 16:23

Sensitive China

China has a long and rich history. Technologically, scholarly, and governing-wise, China was 500 years ahead of most of the ancient world. Single-sheet paper, mechanical clocks, gunpowder, guns, fireworks, and long works of literature were all invented or perfected there.

2021-12-20 16:20

Emerging global (dis)order: Quo vadis ordo?

The order among the nations, or more realistically the balance of power among major powers is undergoing tectonic shifts. At its heart lies the fast rise of China relative to the United States. While there has been much debate in the expert community on whether the current state of international relations will lead to a new Cold War between Washington and Beijing, no consensu...

2021-12-19 16:59

Making much of human rights

Talk of “human rights” presents South Korea with a terrific headache. No way could President Moon Jae-in go along with U.S. President Joe Biden's decision not to send a bunch of bigwigs to consort with Chinese officialdom at the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics. South Korea is too close to China on a number of levels to have joined the U.S. and its Anglo-Saxon soulmates, the ...

2021-12-16 15:59

Why Europe's flux could be a harbinger of change

December is traditionally a quiet month in international diplomacy, yet a lot is changing in Europe at the moment, politically and economically, as will be showcased at the EU summit of 27 presidents and prime ministers on Thursday and Friday.

2021-12-15 17:15

Shadow of Pearl Harbor

The thunderclap came on an early Sunday morning. Amidst the idyllic and serene Pacific setting of Hawaii, Imperial Japan launched a surprise and devastating attack on the U.S. fleet moored at Pearl Harbor, outside Honolulu.

2021-12-15 17:00

A year of profound loss

As we reach the end of the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, most are wondering, hoping, waiting for the time when we can begin to feel normal. Just as things started looking up, the Omicron variant appears. Before it we got the Delta variant, and who knows what is next. That is the nature of viruses.

2021-12-14 16:33

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