John Joseph Chin

1 month ago | idahopress.com | Joe Prince-Wright |Joe Wright |John Joseph Chin

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)(THE CONVERSATION) In what’s been called a “Friday night massacre” at the Pentagon, President Donald Trump removed six top generals or admirals on Feb. 21, 2025, including Air Force General C.Q. Brown and Navy Admiral Lisa Franchetti. Trump also fired military lawyers who advise senior officers on the legality of their behavior in combat and at home.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Joe Wright |John Joseph Chin |Carnegie Mellon

In what’s been called a “Friday night massacre” at the Pentagon, President Donald Trump removed six top generals or admirals on Feb. 21, 2025, including Air Force General C.Q. Brown and Navy Admiral Lisa Franchetti. Trump also fired military lawyers who advise senior officers on the legality of their behavior in combat and at home. Over at the FBI, the president has tapped loyalists Kash Patel and Dan Bongino to direct the executive branch’s largest internal security agency.

Dec 10, 2024 | theafricanmirror.africa | John Joseph Chin |Joe Wright

SOMETHING unexpected – but hardly unprecedented – happened in South Korea on Dec. 3, 2024. With little warning, President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law, citing the threat from “pro-North Korean anti-state forces.”The move, which appeared more about curtailing efforts by the main opposition – the centre-left Democratic Party – to frustrate Yoon’s policy agenda through their control of parliament, left many South Koreans stunned.

Dec 6, 2024 | dehai.org | John Joseph Chin |Carnegie Mellon |Sameer Hosany

You’d forgive any South Koreans who slept through it, but their country – often deemed one of modern Asia’s most stable democracies – experienced a short-lived power grab this week. President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law around 10:20pm local time on Dec. 3, citing the threat of pro-North Korean and anti-state forces. Six hours later, and under immense pressure, Yoon lifted the emergency measure. Astonishing though the events were, they were not unprecedented.

Dec 5, 2024 | homelandsecuritynewswire.com | John Joseph Chin

SELF-COUPSWhat Is a Self-Coup? South Korea President’s Attempt Ended in Failure − a Notable Exception in a Growing Global TrendPublished 5 December 2024South Kore’s President Yoon Suk Yeol short-lived martial law declaration was an example of “autogolpe,” or, in English, a “self-coup.” Self-coups are becoming more common, with more in the past decade compared with any other 10-year period since the end of World War II. Why that’s happening? What self-coups involve?