Pacific Affairs

Volume 99 – No. 2

June 2026

Articles

From Infallibility to Managed Fallibility: Natural Disasters as a Turning Point in Authoritarian North Korea

Minkwan Kim
Seeking Strategic Autonomy through Regional Trade Agreements: The Path of Institutional Hedging for Small and Medium-sized States under the RCEP

Bangjie Hu & Hailong Ju
“Hedging” and “Context Analysis” in Malaysian Foreign Relations

Anthony Milner

Perspectives

After the Landslide: The Takaichi and Abe Governments in Comparative Perspective

Phillip Y. Lipscy
The Takaichi Election and Japan’s National Security Future

Kristin Vekasi
From the “Cultural Properties Protection Act” to the “Framework Act on National Heritage”: Legal Paradigm Shifts in South Korea’s Heritage Policy

Si Eun Yang & Minjae Zoh

Review Essay

Social Contestations and Legal Transformations at the Margins of the Forest: Vagaries of Resource Politics in Rural India

Arnab Roy Chowdhury