The issue includes:
“The Ideology Trap: China and the Limits of Cold War Analogies,” by @eunajo.bsky.social and @jessicacweiss.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1162/ISEC...
We begin by unpacking ideology's role in IR, proposing to disaggregate its 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩 (universalist vs. particularist) from the 𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙥𝙚 of its promotion (expansive vs. selective). 2/6
Rather than pushing for global ideological convergence, China under Xi advocates for a world order that tolerates ideological divergence. That's a particularist project, not a universalist one—and that distinction matters for how we assess the risks and opportunities ahead. 4/6
Looks incredible - and resonates with the emergence of developmentalist thinking in Cold War Asia
Special thanks to the amazing editorial team, reviewers, and those who helped develop this paper since we began writing in 2021, including Alex Downes, Matthew Evangelista, Charlie Glaser, Ron Krebs, Alex Weisiger, and many workshop and seminar participants. 5/6
Grateful to have this out in @intsecurity.bsky.social. @jessicacweiss.bsky.social and I show how Cold War analogies obscure more than they reveal about US-China relations. 1/6
Applying this framework, we find that there was no single Cold War (even Brezhnev’s ideological project differed from Stalin’s), and that contemporary China differs in important ways from the Soviet Union. 3/6
Eun A Jo
New in International Security! Ideology, the security dilemma, nuclear weapons, China-Taiwan @eunajo.bsky.social @jessicacweiss.bsky.social @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social @kerbydavis.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social @belfercenter.bsky.social @intsecurity.bsky.social
International Security
Eun A Jo
Eun A Jo
Abstract. What role do ideological differences play in great power relations? Existing studies often treat ideological differences as fixed variables that exacerbate frictions between great powers. In...
