Eddy S. F. Yeung is Postdoctoral Researcher in Comparative Politics at the Department of Politics and International Relations. His research examines how political communication and elite strategy shape democratic legitimacy under autocracy and the psychology of conflict escalation and de-escalation, with a focus on East Asia, the United States, and their interactions. Uniting his body of scholarship is a broader interest in how elites and mass publics influence one another in the political system, both domestic and international. His work has been published or is forthcoming in Cambridge University Press, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, International Organization, Science, and The Journal of Politics, among others.
Publications
Propaganda, Democratic Legitimacy, and Authoritarian Resilience
- “Mimicking Democracy: The Legitimizing Role of Redistributionist Propaganda in Autocracies” (with Hsu Yumin Wang). The Journal of Politics, 87(4), 2025.
- “Overestimation of the Level of Democracy among Citizens in Nondemocracies.” Comparative Political Studies, 56(2), 2023.
Democratic Backsliding, Mass-Elite Interactions, and Public Commitment to Democracy
- “Dynamic Democratic Backsliding.” British Journal of Political Science, forthcoming.
- “Are People Willing to Trade Away Democracy for Desirable Outcomes? Experimental Evidence from Six Countries.” (with Jonathan A. Chu and Scott Williamson). Comparative Political Studies, forthcoming.
- “People Consistently View Elections and Civil Liberties as Key Components of Democracy” (with Jonathan A. Chu and Scott Williamson). Science, 386(6719), 2024.
Elite Strategy, Great Power Competition, and Microfoundations of International Conflict
- Deescalating a Trade War: Strategies of Reciprocation amid US-China Great Power Competition (with Kai Quek). Cambridge University Press (Elements in International Relations Series), forthcoming.
- “Do External Threats Increase Bipartisanship in the United States? An Experimental Test in the Shadow of China’s Rise” (with Weifang Xu). Political Science Research and Methods, forthcoming.
- “What Is a Patriot? A Cross-National Study in China and the United States” (with Mengqiao Wang and Kai Quek). Foreign Policy Analysis, 20(2), 2024.
- “Relative Gains in the Shadow of a Trade War” (with Kai Quek). International Organization, 76(3), 2022.
Race, Welfare, and Policy Representation in the United States
- “Racialized Misinformation, Factual Corrections, and Prejudicial Attitudes: The Cases of Welfare and Immigration” (with Joseph Glasgow). The Journal of Politics, forthcoming.
- “Self-Reported Political Ideology” (with Kai Quek). Political Science Research and Methods, 13(2), 2025.
- “Can Conservatives Be Persuaded? Framing Effects on Support for Universal Basic Income in the US.” Political Behavior, 46(1), 2024.