Pacific Affairs

Volume 99 – No. 1

January 2026

Articles

Reframing Growth: Elite Paradigms and Korea’s Green Pivot

Sun Ryung Park
Pension Withdrawals and the Paradox of Social Protection in Vietnam

Tu Phuong Nguyen
Governing Asymmetric Interdependence Networks: How Network Position and Institutional Power Shape US Hypersecuritization and Japanese Strategic Desecuritization of Submarine Cable Policies

One-Sun Cho
Navigating a Cautious Pivot: Strategic Circumspection and Knowledge Diplomacy in Malaysia’s Engagement with Iran Under Anwar Ibrahim

Maziar Mozaffari Falarti

Perspectives

Remorse, Resentment, & Resilience: The 2025 Midterm Philippine Elections

Aries A. Arugay and Maria Elize H. Mendoza
Bargaining between Giants: Reassessing South Korea’s Military Options in a Taiwan War

Ashton H. S. Cho & Inwook Kim
The Mountain Is Moving, but Where To? Japan’s 2025 Upper House Election and the Future of Japanese Politics

Kyung-Gu Lee