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  • Pacific Affairs

    An international review of Asia and the Pacific
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Current Issue: Volume 96, No. 3 – September 2023


Governing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia: Shifting Capacity under a Fragmented Political Leadership

Governing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia: Shifting Capacity under a Fragmented Political Leadership
Por Heong Hong

Presidential Personality and Foreign Policy Decision-Making: The Sunshine Policy under Kim Dae-jung (1998–2003)

Presidential Personality and Foreign Policy Decision-Making: The Sunshine Policy under Kim Dae-jung (1998–2003)
Shin Yon Kim

Fiji’s 2022 Election: The Defeat of the Politics of Fear

Fiji’s 2022 Election: The Defeat of the Politics of Fear
Jon Fraenkel

“Ambiguous” Network Monarchy as Problematic Euphoric Couplet

“Ambiguous” Network Monarchy as Problematic Euphoric Couplet
Yoshinori Nishizaki

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July 4, 2023

New Editor at Pacific Affairs

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. On a separate note, we welcome Mark Turin as our new interim Editor […]

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About Pacific Affairs


Pacific Affairs is a peer-reviewed, independent, and interdisciplinary scholarly journal focussing on important current political, economic, and social issues throughout Asia and the Pacific. Each issue contains approximately five new articles and 40-45 book reviews. Published continuously since 1928 under the same name, Pacific Affairs has been located on the beautiful campus of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, since 1961. The journal is committed to providing to the scholarly community and the world at large high quality research on Asia and the Pacific that takes readers beyond the headlines and across multiple disciplines.

Publication of Pacific Affairs is generously supported by the Institute of Asian Research and the School for Public Policy and Global Affairs located at The University of British Columbia.

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2022 Journal Citation Report Impact Factor


Impact Factor Score: 1.6 (27 out of 84 Area Studies journals) - cites in 2022 to articles published in 2020 and 2021

5-Year Impact Factor Score: 1.8 (24 out of 84 Area Studies journals) - cites in 2022 to articles published between 2017 and 2021

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