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Scholarly journal about current political, social and economic issues in Asia and the Pacific. Founded and independently published since 1928.
Joined November 2009
"This book should be required reading for students, scholars, and policymakers alike, as well as anyone who wishes to gain a more nuanced understanding of China’s fragmented policymaking structure and its implications for the country’s domestic and foreign economic policies. "
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"This is an important book for scholars of electoral systems, democracy, Southeast Asia, and comparative politics…"
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"Historian Tessa Morris-Suzuki’s recent book, On the Frontiers of History, brings a potent combination of anthropological questioning toward the study of history and areas in East Asia and beyond. ".
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We have just accepted another article entitled, "The Politics of Compromise: Analysing the Repeal of Section 377A in Singapore," for our March issue. Congratulations to Assistant Professor Walid Jumblatt Bin Abdullah of Nanyang Technological University!!.
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We have just accepted another article entitled, "Continuity, History, and Identity: Why Bongbong Marcos Won the 2022 Philippine Presidential Elections" for our March issue. Congratulations to Dean Dulay, Allen Hicken, Anil Menon, and Ronald Holmes!!. @deandulay @armenon_memorie.
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Forthcoming Book Review Alert: University of Vienna's Steven Denney reviews "After the Korean War: An Intimate History" by Heonik Kwon. @StevenDenney86 @univienna @CambridgeUP. #academicbookreviews #NortheastAsia
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Eve Warburton and @BurhanMuhtadi's article "Inequality and Democratic Support in Indonesia" is the second article featured in our forthcoming issue. Read the abstract on our website today! .#Indonesia #democracy .
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"Apart from contributing to a transnational and historical understanding of grassroots political action, Morris-Suzuki’s book also speaks to readers interested in local democracy and self-governance in contemporary Japan…"
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Our March issue features an article by @BurhanMuhtadi and .@evewarburton entitled “Inequality and Democratic Support in Indonesia.” Available on @ingentaconnect .
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After 16 years as Editor of Pacific Affairs Hyung-Gu Lynn is stepping down. We thank him for the remarkable time and energy he dedicated to the journal and his unwavering commitment to disseminating high quality interdisciplinary scholarship on Asia and the Pacific.
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"Apart from contributing to a transnational and historical understanding of grassroots political action, Morris-Suzuki’s book also speaks to readers interested in local democracy and self-governance in contemporary Japan. "
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Interested in learning more about the Indo-Pacific? . See Christopher Carothers' review of "Indo-Pacific Empire: China, America and the Contest for the World's Pivotal Region" by @Rory_Medcalf . @Penn @ManchesterUP. #forthcoming #asia #academicbookreview
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Forthcoming Review Essays Alert: “The Politics of Claim-making in India” by Diego Maiorano (@diegoemme) of @NUSingapore . 👇 Check out the abstract on our website! 👇. @CambridgeUP @OxUniPress . #Forthcoming #India.
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". Mullins’ fine book clarifies that rightwing politicians have long had no qualms about cooperating with religious groups in pursuing their extremist dogma."
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Our September issue is a special issue on Post-Democratizing Politics in Southeast and Northeast Asia. Ja Ian Chong and Norma Osterberg-Kaufmann's introduction is available on Ingenta Connect. @ChongJaIan @normaosterberg @NUSingapore @HumboldtUni
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We have just accepted @soliglesias' perspectives piece, entitled "Violence and Impunity: Democratic Blacksliding in the Philippines and the 2022 Elections", for our September issue!.
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Check out Gilles Verniers' review of Ornit Shani's book "How India Became Democratic" to learn more context about the upcoming elections in India @gilkumar.
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Meredith L. Weiss and Ibrahim Suffian's perspectives piece, titled "Decline and Fall of Malaysia’s Dominant-party System", is one of our #forthcoming perspectives pieces for our June issue!. Read their article's abstract here: @merweissphd.@SUNY
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Her article's abstract is now available in English and Chinese on our website! Check it out here: @Lauren_ANU.
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Want to learn more about planning the urbanization of rural China?. Check out Jelena Große-Bley's #forthcoming review of "The End of the Village: Planning the Urbanization of Rural China" by Nick R. Smith on our website:
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@tompepinsky's article, entitled "Migrants, Minorities, and Populism in Southeast Asia" is one of our Top 10 most popular articles downloaded from Ingenta in 2020!. #articles #southeastasia #migrants
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"This is the first academic monograph that provides a comprehensive overview of North Korea’s activities in the Third World during the Cold War, and as such, it makes a major contribution to North Korean studies. "
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"Oishii is a welcome addition to the fields of both Japanese history and food studies. It is a reader-friendly and informative text, full of images and excerpts from culinary books that will appeal to a wide range of readers from academics to general readers alike. "
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Congratulations to @JustinWAlger, @PeterDauvergne, Dr. Kelvin E.Y. Low, Dr. Juan Zhang, and Dr. Brenda S.A. Yeoh for being shortlisted for the 2018 Holland Prize! The full text of each article can be accessed for free through our website:
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Want to learn more about the book?. Xiaojun Li reviews "Disaggregating China, Inc.: State Strategies in the Liberal Economic Order" by Yeling Tan. His #forthcoming review is now available on our website.
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Review Essay Alert: Diego Maiorano’s (@diegoemme) “The Politics of Claim-making in India” full text is now freely available on Ingenta Connect as part of our September 2021 issue. @NUSingapore. #India #Democracy #Development
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No need to feel bored while social distancing. New abstracts posted to our forthcoming page. Today's feature is "Introduction: Renegotiating Social Risks in The People’s Republic of China and Japan" by Hanno Jentzsch of @dij_tokyo and @am_lamont!.
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Pacific Affairs will have a booth at the ISA (International Studies Association) conference being held in San Francisco tomorrow. Come say hi!
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"This article examines the redress campaign waged by activists in Japan on behalf of roughly 2,000 North Korean A-bomb victims. These victims were repatriated from Japan after being subjected to the 1945 US nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, while under colonial rule. ".
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Want to keep reading @JaneMFerguson's review of "On the Frontiers of History"? . @ANU_Press. #forthcoming #asia #academicbookreview
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"What exactly is the cause of ungovernability?" Read Cornelis Lay and Azifah R. Astrina's article "The Limits of the Multiple Institutionalization of Border Control." Free for institutional Ingenta subscribers!.@inaastrina .
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@diegoemme @adam_m_auerbach @jenniferbussell @gabi_kw We are going to make your review essay free to access - a request to our online provider has been sent in. Thanks for writing such a great review - it has already been used as an example for what a good review looks like.
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"This book is a welcome addition to the literature, since the religious lives of Nikkei Brazilians in Japan remains a relatively unexplored topic. "
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Two scholars review each other's publications and then each responds to the review of the other - we call it "Critical Dialogues" and full text of the first one is available:
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Congratulations to Jiazhi Fengjiang for winning the 2021 Holland Prize for best article published in Volume 94! "“To Be a Little More Realistic”: The Ethical Labour of Suspension among Nightclub Hostesses in Southeast China" @joycejzh.(full text available)
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Their #forthcoming article will be published on March 2023, but the abstract is now available on our website:
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Ateneo de Manila University's @jayeel_cornelio reviews "The Way of the Cross: Suffering Selfhoods in the Roman Catholic Philippines" by Julius Bautista 👇. @ateneodemanilau @UHPRESSNEWS . #Forthcoming #AcademicBookReview #Philippines
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"This book is the product of a conference held at the University of California, Berkeley, in March 2019, and updated through late 2020. The core theme is reflected in its title, the regional order that had characterized East Asia since the end of the Cold War has broken down. "
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We will be attending the @AASAsianStudies Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. on March 22-25. Will you be there as well? Come by and chat with us at booth 307! #AAS2018
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Do you have a clear and strong perspective on a key issue facing Asia today? Do you have arguments and materials that will help develop this beyond the usual media coverage? If so, check the two samples on our website to get a better idea of what the Perspectives format is about.
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Our 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 is now out! . Congratulations to 𝗞𝗶𝗸𝘂𝗸𝗼 𝗡𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘆𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗶, 𝗧𝘇𝘂-𝗖𝗵𝗶 𝗢𝘂, & 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗭𝗵𝗮𝗻!!. The full text of all 3 articles are available on our website. @tzu_ou2017 @yangzhan_hk
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Meredith L. Weiss and Ibrahim Suffian's Perspectives piece, "Decline and Fall of Malaysia's Dominant-Party System," is now available online to our subscribers in our June issue. Find it here: @merweissphd @SUNY
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Our June issue also features three articles! Click here to read the full abstract of Marcus Mietzner's article on Islamist Populism and Democratic Deconsolidation in Indonesia! .
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"Money is ubiquitous in our daily lives," starts Katherine G. Lacson in her #forthcoming book review on "Monetary Authorities: Capitalism and Decolonization in the American Colonial Philippines" by Allan E. S. Lumba. @DukePress @ateneodemanilau
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We have good news and bad news – the good news is the September issue is now available online:
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September issue, another article!. Eugénie Mérieau's article entitled, "Democratic Breakdown through Lawfare by Constitutional Courts: The Case of Post-'Democratic Transition' Thailand" will be part of our September issue!!.
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We have accepted another paper for the June issue! This time a perspective piece "The 2022 South Korean Presidential Election and the Gender Divide among the Youth" by Hannah June Kim and Chungjae Lee.@hannahjunekim @CJlee903. #koreanpolitics @UNOmaha
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The shortlisted articles for the 2023 Holland Shortlist are. Lauren Richardson for her article "The Forgotten Victims of the Atomic Bomb" and Por Heong Hong for "Governing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia" .Congrats!.Full text:.@fuxianghong @Lauren_ANU.
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Elvin Ong's "Goldilocks’ Purgatory: The Public Transcript of Performative Governance in Singapore" presents a novel concept of political communication! Article is now available in the Fast Track Tab on IngentaConnect. @ElvinOngPolSci.
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Are you interested in reviewing for Pacific Affairs? Do you study the Asia-Pacific region? Do you have a PhD or are you currently a PhD student in a social science program? Fill out our online book reviewer form!
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Pacific Affairs has a fresh new face! Check our website's NEW look at .(and have a sneak peak at the September articles: .
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We're pleased to announce that we have accepted another article by Sunil Kim, entitled, "The Political Origins of Persistent Elderly Poverty in South Korea," for our March issue!.
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The abstract for @TomPepinsky’s forthcoming perspectives piece “Migrants, Minorities, and Populism in Southeast Asia” is now available on our website! .
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New review alert! @MirandaWeinberg ‘s review of “The Politics of Language Contact in the Himalaya” edited by Selma Sonntag and @markturin is now on our website. #forthcoming #academicbookreview.
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Interested in the South Korean defense industry?. Read "Globalization of Arms Production And Hierarchical Market Economies," a case study by Chonghyun Choi and Soul Park. The article is now available to subscribers on Ingenta: @soulpark21 @uniofeastanglia
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@ariesarugay and Justin Keith Baquisal's perspectives piece, entitled "Mobilized and Polarized: Social Media and Disinformation Narratives in the 2022 Philippine Elections", will be one of two perspective pieces about the Philippine Elections!.
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Stuck at home? @wendyleutert and @zacharyhaver's latest article published in our March 2020 issue "From Cautious Interaction to Mature Influence: China's Evolving Engagement with the International Investment Regime" is now available on Ingenta!.
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"This book should be required reading for students, scholars, and policymakers alike, as well as anyone who wishes to gain a more nuanced understanding of China’s fragmented policymaking structure and its implications for the country’s domestic and foreign economic policies. "
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Our very own Associate Editor for Southeast Asia, @KaiOstwald, and Steven Oliver's article, entitled "Singapore's Pandemic Election: Opposition Parties and Valence Politics in GE2020" ranked as the fifth most popular articles downloaded from Ingenta in 2021!.
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Kick start your weekend by reading Schoeffel's review of @kerryn_baker's "Pacific Women in Politics: Gender Quota Campaigns in the Pacific Islands." Kerryn Baker has also published a review essay in our current issue! .
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June is here, which means a new special issue of Pacific Affairs is out on @ingentaconnect! Read @JoyceJzh’s "To Be a Little More Realistic": The Ethical Labour of Suspension among Nightclub Hostesses in Southeast China.” #new #Suspension94.2
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Check out Chang-tai Hung's book review of "Cartooning China: Punch, Power, & Politics in the Victorian Era" by Amy Matthewson.@routledgebooks .
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In our upcoming Special Issue, @DrJaneHayward analyzes the relations between think tanks and government institutions in her article "The Rise of China’s New-Type Think Tanks and the Internationalization of the State." Read the abstract on our website!
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Want to know more about how Marcos won the recent Presidential Elections in the Philippines by 59%?. #Philippines #FerdinandMarcos #RodrigoDuterte.
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"The Geographic Scope of Opposition Challenges in Malaysia’s Parliament" by Sebastian Dettman will be published in our June issue. The abstract in English and Chinese is available now. .@sgSMU
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"The book provides a different perspective to the study of Asian middle powers by associating their behaviour to humanitarianism and the concept of human security. "
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Big news today from Pacific Affairs: Erik Mobrand of @SNUnow is our new Associate Editor for the Asia General section of the journal. Welcome Erik!.
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Sebastian Dettman's new article, "The Geographic Scope of Opposition Challenges in Malaysia’s Parliament" is now available to subscribers on Ingenta. Check it out: @sgSMU
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Our September issue is going to be a special issue on Post-Democratizing Politics in Southeast and Northeast Asia. All the abstracts are now available on our website. @normaosterberg @ChongJaIan @ariesarugay @soliglesias
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"This article investigates how MPs from the opposition used parliamentary questions to build their public reputations. " . Find Sebastian Dettman's article, "The Geographic Scope of Opposition Challenges in Malaysia’s Parliament" on Ingenta:. @sgSMU
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@DGTam86's #forthcoming review of @JeremyJierong's "June Fourth: The Tiananmen Protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989" is now available on our website. @Trinity_U @CambridgeUP . #China.
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Are you a clever enough to review books and films for Pacific Affairs?.
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We are pleased to announce that our Journal Impact Factor score has increased to 1.119 - we are ranked 13th out of 68 Area Studies journals. Many thanks to all our authors whose articles are being cited by the Asian Studies community!.
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Susan Needham and Schroedel Grubb's forthcoming article entitled "Controlling the Opposition Abroad: Cambodia's Extraterritorial Activities in Long Beach, California" now has an English and Chinese language abstract on our website. @DominguezHills.
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10 new book reviews published in our June 2021 issue have just been posted to our website! Titles include, "Smart Cities in Asia," reviewed by @ChristianDimmer, "The Business Reinvention of Japan,' and more!
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Xiaojun Li from @UBC and Ka Zeng @UArkansas have written a piece for the @washingtonpost [ based on their article we published in March 2019 - temporary free access to the full article text here.
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Check out Thomas Cousins' book review of "At the Limits of Cure" by Bharat Jayram Venkat. @DukePress
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Check out Ryan Ashley's book review of "Gas Mask Nation: Visualizing Civil Air Defense in Wartime Japan" by Gennifer Weisenfeld. @UChicagoPress .
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We're happy to announce that we will have a booth at the American Anthropological Association Annual conference in Seattle! We'll be at booth #327, so come by and say hi!.
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We have just accepted another article entitled, "Comparing Religious Intolerance in Indonesia by Affiliations to Muslim Organizations," for our March issue. Congratulations to Hariyadi, Akhmad Rizal Shidiq, Arief Anshory Yusuf, and Dharra Widdhyaningtyas Mahardhika!!.
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Our talented book reviewers have been hard at work during these lazy days of summer here in the northern hemisphere. Check out 22 brand new book reviews on our forthcoming page – every region has something new!.
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Curious about inequality in Singapore? @NathanPengtrell reviews “This is What Inequality Looks Like” by Teo You Yenn in an upcoming issue of Pacific Affairs. #Singapore #inequality
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#Forthcoming Article Alert: "Comparing Religious Intolerance in Indonesia by Affiliations to Muslim Organizations" by Hariyadi, Akhmad Rizal Shidiq, Arief Anshory Yusuf, and Dharra Widdhyaningtyas Mahardhika will be part of our March issue!.
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We're pleased to announce that we have accepted a review essay by Himanshu Jha, entitled, "India’s Authoritarian Turn: Understanding the Emergency (1975–1977) and Its Afterlife" for our March issue!.
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"Practicing Peace by Aarie Glas tackles the intriguing question of why both Southeast Asia and South America have largely been able to maintain regional stability and peace. ". Want to keep reading?
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Tzu-Chi Ou’s forthcoming article explores how multilateral negotiations in a Beijing migrant neighbourhood "led to a cyclical movement of temporary housing construction, demolition, and extension.” Abstract available in English on our website!
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Our March 2018 issue features "Knowledge Regimes in Post-Developmental States: Assessing the Role of Think Tanks in Japan’s Policymaking Process" by @smaslow_japan. Read the abstract on our website!
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Interested in election violence in the Philippines? . Check out Tom Smith and Joseph Anthony L. Reyes’ article, "Understanding Election Violence in the Philippines: Beware the Unknown Assassins of May" on @IngentaConnect!. @portsmouthuni. #Philippines.
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#Forthcoming Book Review Alert: @JiazhiFengjiang reviews "Re-enchanting Modernity: Ritual Economy and Society in Wenzhou, China" by Mayfair Yang. Check it out here: #China #ChineseSociety #AcademicBookReview
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We have just posted Dr. Fengjiang’s responses to 5 interview questions about her article “To Be a Little More Realistic”: The Ethical Labour of Suspension among Nightclub Hostesses in Southeast China. @JiazhiFengjiang @EdinburghUni
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We are excited to announce that, our Associate Editor, @KaiOstwald along with @s1oliver, will be publishing a perspective entitled “Singapore’s Pandemic Election: Opposition Parties and Valence Politics in GE2020” in our forthcoming December 2020 issue!.
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University of Tasmania's Can-Seng Ooi reviews "Ideas of the City in Asian Settings" edited by Henco Bekkering, Adèle Esposito, and Charles Goldblum. Check out the book review on Ingenta Connect! @cansengooi @UTAS_ @AmsterdamUPress
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Great News: Our December issue is now available online for our subscribers! . If you're a subscriber, you can access our articles and book reviews here:
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"This book is a welcome addition to the literature, since the religious lives of Nikkei Brazilians in Japan remains a relatively unexplored topic". Want to learn more about @prof_suma's book, "Jesus Loves Japan: Return Migration and Global Pentecostalism in a Brazilian Diaspora"?
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Congratulations to Terence Chong and Daniel P. S. Goh for being awarded the 21st William L. Holland prize for best article written in Volume 95 (2022)!
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Congratulations to @KearrinSims of James Cook University, @jcu , this year's Holland Prize Winner for his article "Gambling on the Future: Casino Enclaves, Development, and Poverty Alleviation in Laos" see full text here
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Welcome Tuong Vu @uoregon to the Editorial Board of Pacific Affairs! For a complete list of our Editorial Board members see here.
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