ABOUT EACAR
East Asia Current Affairs Review (EACAR) is the English-language online commentary publication of the NEA Fridays Scholar Exchange Platform, aimed at an international readership. Our contributors include experts, scholars, former officials, and graduate students—particularly Ph.D. candidates—specializing in international relations and area studies. We especially encourage emerging scholars to contribute original analyses on East Asian and global current affairs. While we generally do not provide remuneration, honoraria may be offered for invited contributions or under special circumstances. If you are interested in contributing, please visit our Submission page. For general inquiries, please visit our Contact page.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHTS
Dr. Kai Jin, Founder and Chief Editor of EACAR, is a Professor of Political Science and a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Studies, Global Governance Institution (Beijing). He is also a visiting scholar at the Yonsei Institute for Sinology, Yonsei University. He is the author of Rising China in a Changing World: Power Transitions and Global Leadership (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017). Previously he served as a programme specialist and editorial staff at the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (Seoul) and was a visiting scholar at George Washington University (2019-2020) and Yale University Law School (Fall 2024).