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Tommy Keum

Secretary-General, IOCSS Foundation. Researcher in sports philosophy, Korean Peninsula policy, and cultural theory. Founded IOCSS in Seoul in 2023.

[ROAPE] Africa-France Summit and the people’s counter-summit

On 11th and 12 May 2026, the French president, Emanuel Macron, together with his Kenyan counterpart, William Ruto, were co-hosting the Africa-France Summit in Nairobi, dubbed Africa Forward Summit.

[ASIA_MAIOR] Narendra Modi’s India ten years on: A second Indian Republic or a second Emergency?

Available also in pdf – Download Pdf To understand what is India’s internal political situation after 10 years of rule by Narendra Modi, it is necessary to consider diverse topics.

[ASIA_MAIOR] Indian Foreign Policy toward the US, China, and Russia under Modi: Rhetoric and Reality (2014-2025)

Available also in pdf – Download Pdf The election of Narendra Modi in 2014 is widely portrayed as a watershed moment for Indian foreign policy. This article challenges that narrative, arguing that the core parameters guiding India’s relations with the US, China, and Russia under

[JCA] The Return of Authoritarian Neo-Liberalism in Indonesia?

Volume 56, Issue 3, July 2026, Page 378-406 .

[JCA] The Rise of Authoritarian Statism in Indonesia and the Crisis of Crisis Management

Volume 56, Issue 3, July 2026, Page 349-377 .

[JCA] What has Happened to the Poster Child: is South Korean Democracy Backsliding?

Latin America Watch

[LAP] Brazil-China Relations Beyond the Dependency Myth

Latin American Perspectives, Volume 53, Issue 2, Page 39-58, March 2026. Throughout the administrations of Lula and Dilma, Brazil pursued a foreign policy aimed at diversifying partnerships, with a particular emphasis on South-South cooperation mechanisms and endeavors toward ref

[ROAPE] The candlelit state

Power cuts were a regular feature of childhood in Nairobi. When the electricity failed, my father would gather our family by candlelight and draw. On one such evening, he sketched a woman: a baby strapped to her back, a water pot balanced on her head, a basket of provisions carri

Latin America Watch

[LAP] Dismantling or Drifting? The Politics of Bolsa Família's Transformation under Brazil's Far-Right Government

This article analyses the politics of Bolsa Família under the Bolsonaro government, showing how the program survived through administrative degradation and electoral expansion rather than formal dismantling, illustrating a pattern of 'drift with expansion' in social policy retrenchment.

[JPLA] Beyond Electoral Fortunes: The Consolidation of a Far-Right Alignment in Brazil

This article analyses the emergence and consolidation of Brazil's far-right political movement under Jair Bolsonaro, examining the multidimensional fusion of affective evaluations, issue alignment, and religious identity that constitutes a durable realignment of Brazilian politics.

[ROAPE] Economic Instrument or Political Tool? Socioeconomic Outcomes of Nigeria's 2022 Currency Redesign and Cashless Policy

Paul Ani Onuh examines how Nigeria's 2022 naira redesign and cash withdrawal limit policy — ostensibly aimed at price stability and financial inclusion — became a weapon in elite political competition ahead of the 2023 election, with the costs of its chaotic implementation falling overwhelmingly on

[ROAPE] The Coloniality of Biometric Power: Global Digital Empire, Biometric State and the Control of Digital Subjects in Nigeria

Victor Iwuoha and Martin Doevenspeck introduce the concept of 'biometric coloniality' to explain how digital ID systems in Nigeria reproduce colonial relations of domination through a 'digital consensus' among the EU, US, China, World Bank, and major foundations. The biometric state is complicit in

[JCA] What Has Happened to the Poster Child: Is South Korean Democracy Backsliding?

Soo Hyun Lee and Timo Fleckenstein challenge the 'democratic backsliding' framing for South Korea, proposing instead the concept of a 'democratic rollercoaster' — significant advances under progressive administrations followed by sharp regression under right-wing governments. The root cause, they ar

[JCA] China's Climate Policy: Transition, Governance, and the Limits of Authoritarian Environmentalism

A book review by Geoffrey C. Chen (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University) of Alex Y. Lo and Chen Xiang's Edward Elgar monograph on China's climate governance. The review highlights the book's framework — deploying authoritarian environmentalism, the centralised developmental state, and ecological civi

[FOCUS_GLOBAL] Resisting the Weaponization of Interdependence

This article examines strategies available to states and non-state actors for resisting weaponized interdependence — the use of asymmetric economic dependencies as coercive instruments — identifying diversification, coalition-building, and norm entrepreneurship as complementary resistance strategies

[FOCUS_GLOBAL] Against the Tides: Uprisings and Protests in Troubled Waters

This article analyses the global wave of uprisings and social protests between 2019 and 2025 as a conjunctural phenomenon reflecting converging structural crises, examining why mass mobilization has produced disruption without durable political transformation.

[ROAPE] Bodies Under Surveillance in Senegal's Governance Crisis: Patriarchy, Anti-Gender Backlash and the Postcolonial Carceral State

Rama Salla Dieng argues that Senegal's 2026 anti-gender legislation — raising prison sentences for same-sex relations to ten years — is not a cultural or religious phenomenon but a political displacement strategy by a government in fiscal crisis, operating through patriarchal governance structures w

[ROAPE] Nigeria's Forest Bandits and the Geography of Governance

Ethan Woolf Moñino argues that bandit groups in Northwest Nigeria have built an alternative economic system that extracts revenue through territorial control and systematic taxation. Banditry is not a cultural or ethnic phenomenon but a rational, profit-seeking enterprise filling the governance vacu

[ROAPE] Evolving and Differentiated Strategy? A Network Approach to Chinese Development Finance in Africa

Sara Caria and Stefano Ghinoi apply social network analysis to AidData to show that Chinese development finance in Africa is differentiated and evolving — not monolithic. The Belt and Road Initiative marks a structural turning point, while natural resource endowments are not the primary driver of Ch

Culture × AI: Creativity, Identity, and the Hermeneutics of Synthetic Media

A philosophical introduction to IOCSS research on AI-generated culture, authorship, identity, aesthetics, and interpretation.

Sports × AI: Fair Play, Embodiment, and the Problem of Algorithmic Judgment

A philosophical introduction to IOCSS research on sport, artificial intelligence, fairness, embodiment, and institutional trust.

Special Commentary

Special Commentary | Sports Ethics in the Era of Physical AI: A Korean Perspective

A Korean perspective on sports ethics under physical AI and institutional modernization.

IOCSS Research Bulletin | March 2026: AI and the Future of Sport Governance

March 2026 bulletin on AI governance in sport, institutional design, and implementation standards.

2023 International Sports Science Forum Asia — Inaugural Seoul Forum

IOCSS hosted the inaugural International Sports Science Forum Asia in Seoul (December 2023), convening senior representatives from Korea, China, and Japan to advance trilateral sports science cooperation.

Science & Society

Artificial Intelligence and Human Values: Toward a Philosophy of Machine Ethics

As AI systems become increasingly capable and consequential, the question of how to align them with human values becomes urgent. This paper surveys the philosophical landscape of AI ethics, from consequentialist frameworks to virtue-theoretic approaches.