Sung Eun Kim

Finally out with an official volume number! Kim, Sung Eun, Rebecca L. Perlman, and Grace Zeng. 2025. “ The politics of rejection: Explaining Chinese import refusals.” American Journal of Political Science 69 (2): 438–454. doi.org/10.1111/ajps.1…

Our special issue on The Future of Global Governance and World Order is out & #OpenAccess The online special issue features 15 short essays and an editors' introduction. #IOFoGG Thanks to @DonganTan @TTUPoliSci @EUI_Schuman @JuliaCMorse @UCSBPoliSci @uncpolisci @fgenovese

Fall 2025 issue preview @IntSecHarvard @mitpress! M. Trachtenberg @UCLA | rules-based international order @aaronbateman22 | U.S. space power Adam Mount | conventional deterrence of nuclear use @djkim81 | clients' demand evasion @MichaelGoldfien | hawks, doves, & rapprochement

@PabloMPinto It was such a pleasure to have you here at KU! Thank you for your wonderful presentation and for engaging so thoughtfully with the other presenters.

Honored to have participated in the “Inaugural Conference on Peace & Democracy in Asia-Pacific and the World” 🌏 at Korea University. The keynote speach by Dr. Hoesung Lee, Former Chair@IPCC_CH, presentations and discussion were first rate!

New in! #ChinaInTheWorld podcast #CalibratingChinaTies: @ChongJaIan, Sung Eun Kim and Injoo Sohn explore how #SouthKorea manages economic ties with China while keeping its U.S. security alliance intact. Full podcast here: carnegieendowment.org/podcasts/china…

I had the chance to join @ChongJaIan with Injoo Sohn on @CarnegieChina @CarnegieEndow to talk about China–Korea ties. Never easy to listen to my own voice, but grateful for the opportunity to be part of this thoughtful conversation and learn from them 🎧

@SangWonHan3084 Congratulations!

(1/6) Excited to share that our new paper, "The Categorical Imperative vs. Linguistic Alignment: Organizations Use Language to Modify Environmental Expectations," is now out in Organization Science! pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/or…

@PerlmanRebecca I totally missed it until you pointed it out 🤣

@_sungkim Minus the third hand yes

Spent a couple hours this weekend writing a story for my daughter about a couple baby birds I saved. Used ChatGPT to illustrate. It's pretty great. But I'd argue there's room for improvement...

@deandulay @LKYSch @NUSingapore @sgSMU Wow, congratulations!!

I’ve started a new position as an Assistant Professor at @LKYSch @NUSingapore. Thank you @sgSMU for 4.5 wonderful years! Leaving with many good memories and excited for this new chapter in my life.

Submit your abstract by June 15 to be part of this conference on climate politics (broadly defined) at Korea University! Travel support provided!

Excited to share our new paper "Anti-Asian Hate Crimes and American Reputation," coauthored with Sung Eun Kim (@_sungkim), Jong Hee Park (@jhp), & Inbok Rhee (@inbok_rhee). Now @BJPolS Link: doi.org/10.1017/S00071…

We welcome papers on climate politics, governance, and public opinion—broadly defined. Any work connecting climate & politics is welcome! 📬 Submit your abstract (max 300 words) by June 15 here: 👉 forms.gle/7jY1QRm19XMRCa…

Join us for the Inaugural Conference on Peace and Democracy in Asia Pacific and the World 🗓️ Sept 26–27, 2025 📍 Korea University 🎯 Theme: The Climate Challenge: Democracy, Governance, and Global Response ✈️ Round-trip economy airfare + accommodation bit.ly/44zfFOU

@haozhang328 @PerlmanRebecca @grace_zng Thank you!!

@PerlmanRebecca @_sungkim @grace_zng Congrats! Just list it in the syllabi for both my IPE of China and Politics of Trade classes.

Now officially out in the latest issue of AJPS! Check out our piece on China's strategic use of import refusals. @_sungkim @grace_zng

@esther_song1 @JEAS_journal Great job, @esther_song1 ! Congratulations!

Our note "Introducing Career Transition Data on Elites in North Korea" is out at @JEAS_journal - we introduce a dataset on elites that allows tracking of career transitions over time. Check it out here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

@isalexandrova Congratulations! Looking forward to reading this soon 👍🏻

Ever wondered why China let North Korea go nuclear, how the U.S. stopped South Korea (and can it do it again), or what’s next for Iran? Yeah, we did too. So here's the book: routledge.com/Nuclear-Allian…

Apply to present at Virtual IPES! We ask accepted authors to name their discussant “dream team” and we’ll try to make that happen, with the support of the wonderful IPE community (thank you). We particularly encourage submissions from graduate students and early-career scholars.

🚨 New paper alert! Excited to share Citizen Responses to Donor-Centeredness in the US-China Public Diplomacy Competition, coauthored with Sung Eun Kim (@_sungkim), Jong Hee Park (@jhp), & Joonseok Yang (@_joonyang). Now @II_journal! 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/030506… (1/🧵)

On Dec 3, 2024, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law. 600+ political scientists of South Korea condemned this in a joint statement, urging impeachment. *We ask political scientists worldwide to please read & sign in support*: bit.ly/3Bfxc2j