![[images/z-academic.png]] Below you'll find some occasional academic updates, some posts about academic life, and some posts on academic writing in international relations—for students, early-career researchers—and anyone else trying to make sense of scholarly conventions and just starting out. Don't thank me, just [Buy Me a Coffee](https://buymeacoffee.com/junotane). ## Academic life - [[Archive/2026/2026-10-31 South Korea between international orders.md|2026-10-31 South Korea between international orders]] - [[Archive/2026/2026-10-18 Global war starts tomorrow! Alt-media and alarmism.md|2026-10-18 Global war starts tomorrow! Alt-media and alarmism]] - [[Archive/2026/2026-09-02 Re-reading Brzezinski in Korea in the Trump era.md|2026-09-02 Re-reading Brzezinski in Korea in the Trump era]] - [[Archive/2026/2026-08-28 The international relations alt-media riddle.md|2026-08-28 The international relations alt-media riddle]] - [[Archive/2026/2026-06-18 The three types of middle power articles.md|2026-06-18 The three types of middle power articles]] - [[Archive/2026/2026-06-14 Washington think-tanks, Trump, and Korea.md|2026-06-14 Washington think-tanks, Trump, and Korea]] - [[Archive/2026/2026-06-02 Middle power scholars and epistemic capture.md|2026-06-02 Middle power scholars and epistemic capture]] - [[Archive/2026/2026-05-21 The shift in international relations scholarship.md|2026-05-21 The shift in international relations scholarship]] - [[Archive/2026/2026-04-22 The fecklessness of Foreign Affairs.md|2026-04-22 The fecklessness of Foreign Affairs]] - [[Archive/2025/2025-10-13 Come to Seoul for the World Knowledge Forum!.md|2025-10-13 Come to Seoul for the World Knowledge Forum!]] ## An intro to IR research - [[1-admin-intro|1-admin-intro]] - [[2-ethics-research-admin|2-ethics-research-admin]] - [[3-reading-writing-literature|3-reading-writing-literature]] - [[4-knowing-the-field|4-knowing-the-field]] - [[5-philosophy-theory|5-philosophy-theory]] - [[6-research-questions|6-research-questions]] - [[7-research-proposals|7-research-proposals]] - [[8-research-purpose|8-research-purpose]] - [[9-research-design-methods|9-research-design-methods]] - [[10-measurement-sampling|10-measurement-sampling]] - [[11-collecting-data|11-collecting-data]] - [[12-analyzing-data|12-analyzing-data]] For older posts, browse the [[Archives]] or use the site's search. Support independent thinking and writing: [Buy Me a Coffee](https://buymeacoffee.com/junotane). ***