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Is #democracy backsliding in #Asia?
In a new article @cps_journal, @AndrewIYeo & I argue: No, actually.
What look like signs of democratic regress are part of a distinct & less obvious--but no less important--phenomenon we call democratic ceilings.🧵/1
doi.org/10.1177/001041402311…
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Aram Hur retweeted
21 May 2025
Coming up on June 4: Dr. @AramHur and @timothywmartin will join us to analyze the results of South Korea’s snap election triggered by the impeachment of Yoon Suk-yeol after he declared martial law last December.
Sign up for the livestream link: koreasociety.org/policy-and-…
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📢Debate on Narratives of Civic Duty: How National Stories Shape Democracy in Asia | @n_nationalism
Join the panel for a debate on @AramHur's book and the impulse behind a sense of civic duty in democracies.
đź“…Wed 04 June 2025 | 6-8pm
⬇️Register Here
lse.ac.uk/ideas/events/2025/…
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Aram Hur retweeted
13 May 2025
South Korea votes June 3.
What do Lee Jae-myung, Kim Moon-soo, and Lee Jun-seok stand for and what issues could decide the race?
Find out on The Capital Cable #113 featuring:
🔹 @AramHur
🔹 @snydersas
🔹 @mwlippert
📆 5/22 • 9:30 am EDT
Register:
csis.org/events/south-korean…
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Aram Hur retweeted
25 Apr 2025
Democracy requires laws, rules, elections and rights. But it also requires forbearance, self-restraint, reflecting a normative commitment to democracy. Talking #democracy in Cambridge and Boston with friends @AramHur and @SlaterPolitics.
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Aram Hur retweeted
8 Apr 2025
Populism, polarization, and prosecutorial politics—South Korea’s democracy faces growing strains.
What makes its case uniquely perilous?
Read "The Perils of South Korean Democracy" by Joan E. Cho and @AramHur: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/9…
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Aram Hur retweeted
4 Apr 2025
The threat to South Korean democracy isn’t a military coup or foreign interference—it’s political warfare from within.
Joan E. Cho & @AramHur analyze what’s going wrong: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/9…
@FletcherSchool
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2 Apr 2025
Nearly every South Korean president has been jailed post-term. Why does this “politics of revenge” persist in a democracy hailed as a success story?
Joan E. Cho & @AramHur examine: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/9…
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Aram Hur retweeted
12 Feb 2025
As political polarization is rising in the United States, Professor @AramHur argues that shared values and a healthy version of nationalism could bridge the gap between ideological differences. Read more in Tufts Now (@TuftsUniversity).
now.tufts.edu/2025/02/11/bre…
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Aram Hur retweeted
15 Jan 2025
Amid global attention to South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s decree of martial law and subsequent impeachment, Professor @AramHur delves into the underlying pressures and narratives shaping the unfolding events.
Read more: fletcher.tufts.edu/news-even…
ALT A photo of Professor Aram Hur
ALT A photo of South Korean soldiers
ALT A photo of a tank near South Korean citizens
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The recording of our December 2 panel with
@knakano1970, Joan Cho @wesleyan_u, @AramHur @FletcherSchool, & @dziblatt @HarvardCES
is now available on our YouTube channel.
youtu.be/Zp2vG5dfQ6I?si=MOKD…
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Aram Hur retweeted
6 Jan 2025
In an article for @thehill, Fletcher professor @AramHur and @AndrewIYeo of @BrookingsFP analyze South Korea’s growing nationalist polarization in light of the recent martial law decree by Yoon Suk Yeol.
thehill.com/opinion/internat…
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Great academic list for understanding #SouthKorea democratic crisis by @JohnDelury. So much of whats going on is a manifestation of how civic duty gets warped when nation and state fissures.
4 Jan 2025
Watching 'pro-Yoon' protestors waving Taegukgi in one hand & Stars & Stripes in the other, answering their martyr's call to defend freedom against imaginary 'anti-state forces', I've been thinking about Aram Hur's work on how nationalism shapes civic life
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Aram Hur retweeted
3 Jan 2025
It's been exactly 1 month since the impeached President Yoon invoked martial law in South Korea and the political fallout continues. My op-ed w/@AramHur in @thehill and what this saga might reveal about US democracy. @BrookingsFP @FletcherSchool 1/ thehill.com/opinion/internat…
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#SouthKorea's democratic crisis is proving to be a longer term saga w/ Yoon's defiance of detainment. What America should learn from it & why it's definitely not a reverse #January 6.
Our latest in @thehill w/ @AndrewIYeo @BrookingsInst:
thehill.com/opinion/internat…
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Aram Hur retweeted
20 Dec 2024
Professor @AramHur comments on the Trump administration’s threats of tariffs and the removal of U.S. troops from East Asia. Hur says this may achieve America’s short-term goals “…at the long-term cost of destabilizing a region that is critical to U.S. legitimacy.”
Read more: fletcher.tufts.edu/news-even…
ALT A photo of Donald Trump in China with the following text: "Professor Aram Hur, A New Trump Administration: East Asia Policy"
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Aram Hur retweeted
16 Dec 2024
Professor @AramHur commented on the South Korean political climate in light of Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived enactment of martial law in @WSJ. @timothywmartin @jiyoungjsohn
wsj.com/world/asia/south-kor…
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#SouthKorea has lived thru #martiallaw, #protest, and #impeachment in less than 2 weeks. 🇰🇷
Please join us this Monday evening @Harvard @Kennedy_School as we break down what it all means for #democracy. Likely my last public session in 2024.
Details👇🏻
ash.harvard.edu/events/marti…
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Aram Hur retweeted
14 Dec 2024
#MartialLaw, mass protests, and #impeachment - these are what #SouthKorea just when through in the past 10 days. Join us if you are interested in what political scientists can share about the crisis.
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12 Dec 2024
Professor @AramHur speaks to @washingtonpost about Yoon Suk Yeol’s attempt to impose martial law on South Korea.
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Switching gears to #Taiwan & cross-strait this evening.
If you're in #NYC, please join us @FPRI at the Taiwan Economic & Cultural Office tonight at 6:30pm for a discussion on US-Taiwan/#China relations under #Trump 2.0. 👇
6 Dec 2024
RSVP to join the in-person event discussing US-Taiwan relations on December 11 in New York. ow.ly/60mj50UkZGS
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