Articles by John Chin

February 4, 2025

Promoting Poland’s democratic U-turn

John Chin
On 1 January, Poland took over the rotating EU presidency from Hungary. John Chin and Ellie Kim outline the stakes for Europe, and the imperative of promoting a democratic U-turn in central Europe – and Poland itself – after years of democratic backsliding
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January 22, 2025

Moldova versus Russian sharp power

John Chin
Winter is coming to Chișinău. On 1 January, Moscow cut off all gas exports to the former Soviet state of Moldova. John Chin and Noel Overby put this Russian energy embargo in the context of ongoing Moldovan resistance to a protracted Russian sharp power campaign
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January 9, 2025

Georgia’s Second Rose Revolution

John Chin
Georgia is undergoing its most significant mass uprising since the 2003 rose revolution, with the future of democracy in Georgia and Georgia’s future in Europe at stake. John Chin and Anastasia Kim put this unrest in context by reviewing Georgia’s revolutionary history and ongoing challenges posed by Russian sharp power
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December 18, 2024

The legacy of Romania’s 1989 revolution

John Chin
Romania’s Constitutional Court has annulled the country's recent presidential elections, alleging Russian meddling. John Chin, Mirren Hibbert and Staten Rector argue that its decision raises profound questions about the legacy of Romania’s 1989 revolution, and the future of democracy and Western influence in this frontline state
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John Chin
Assistant Teaching Professor of Political Science, Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology, Carnegie Mellon University

John's first book, an Historical Dictionary of Modern Coups D'état (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022, co-authored with Joseph Wright and David Carter), was named one of the 'Best Historical Materials' published in 2022 or 2023 by the American Library Association.

He has published in the British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Frontiers in Political Science, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Chinese Political Science, and Texas National Security Review.

John has also written for general audiences in outlets such as The Conversation, the Journal of Democracy, the Modern War Institute, The National Interest, War on the Rocks, and Washington Post.

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