selected writings
The Bodhisattva and the Shrine: Cultural Repatriation and Diplomacy in Japan-South Korea Relations
The Diplomat, July 2025
Recent cultural repatriation reveals how unresolved colonial histories and collective traumas continue to shape relations in East Asia through significant cultural artifacts.
More-Than-Human Soft Power: Exploring Futures in Public Diplomacy
USC CPD Blog, September 2025
With "more-than-human soft power," I expand on Joseph Nye's theory of soft power to include nonhuman actors, ecologies, and multispecies relationships as structural agents of cultural and diplomatic influence.
Japan and Korea's Energy Hedge
The Diplomat, March 2026
The Strait of Hormuz blockade is triggering strategic bilateral cooperation that prioritizes systemic energy security over domestic sentiments.