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Public opinion polls in South Korea consistently report strong majority support for independent nuclear acquisition, seemingly contradicting global nonproliferation norms and the nuclear taboo. However, these results may be distorted by social desirability bias. If respondents perceive support for nuclear weapons as socially unacceptable, they may underreport their true preferences. Conversely, if they believe that most people support nuclear acquisition—an impression reinforced by media narrati

How do domestic elite cues shape public attitudes toward international organizations (IOs)? Political elites with populist rhetoric frequently criticize IOs on grounds of representation, popular sovereignty, elitism, detachment from local concerns, and a uniform approach to global problems without accounting for local nuances. We argue that discursive delegitimization by domestic populist elites negatively influences public perceptions of IOs. We conducted an original survey experiment in South