Pacific Affairs

Forthcoming Issue

March 2022

Beyond Mall Christianity: Megachurches Navigating Southeast Asian Urbanism

Beyond Mall Christianity: Megachurches Navigating Southeast Asian Urbanism
Terence Chong and Daniel P. S. Goh

Syncretism in the Hindu Right as Intentionally Incomplete Proximity

Syncretism in the Hindu Right as Intentionally Incomplete Proximity
Felix Pal

Feeling “Superstitious”: Affect and the Land in the Marquesas Islands

Feeling “Superstitious”: Affect and the Land in the Marquesas Islands
Emily C. Donaldson

Indonesia’s Promotion of UN Migrant Protection Norms in ASEAN

Indonesia’s Promotion of UN Migrant Protection Norms in ASEAN
Ruji Auethavornpipat and Wayne Palmer

Perspectives

Developing Social Security Schemes for Small Island Economies: Lessons from Fiji’s COVID-19 Experience

Developing Social Security Schemes for Small Island Economies: Lessons from Fiji’s COVID-19 Experience
Aruna Gounder

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The following book and film reviews have been received at Pacific Affairs and will be published in the print edition within the next 12-18 months. Please note that minor textual changes may occur before final publication in our print and official online edition.

Film Reviews

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Book Reviews

Asia General China & Inner Asia Northeast Asia South Asia & the Himalayas Southeast Asia Australasia & the Pacific Islands

Asia General

TO RULE EURASIA’S WAVES: The New Great Power Competition at Sea | By Geoffrey F. Gresh TO RULE EURASIA’S WAVES: The New Great Power Competition at Sea | By Geoffrey F. Gresh
Yongzheng Parker Li | January 19, 2022

THE PANDEMIC: Perspectives on Asia | Edited by Vinayak Chaturvedi THE PANDEMIC: Perspectives on Asia | Edited by Vinayak Chaturvedi
Daniel P. Aldrich | January 19, 2022

ON THE FRONTIERS OF HISTORY: Rethinking East Asian Borders. | By Tessa Morris-Suzuki ON THE FRONTIERS OF HISTORY: Rethinking East Asian Borders. | By Tessa Morris-Suzuki
Jane M. Ferguson | January 6, 2022

INDO-PACIFIC EMPIRE: China, America and the Contest for the World’s Pivotal Region | By Rory Medcalf INDO-PACIFIC EMPIRE: China, America and the Contest for the World’s Pivotal Region | By Rory Medcalf
Christopher Carothers | January 6, 2022

China & Inner Asia

THE LONG GAME: China’s Grand Strategy to Displace American Order | By Rush Doshi THE LONG GAME: China’s Grand Strategy to Displace American Order | By Rush Doshi
Vasilis Trigkas | January 19, 2022

TAIWAN: The Development of an Asian Tiger | Edited by Hans Stockton and Yao-Yuan Yeh TAIWAN: The Development of an Asian Tiger | Edited by Hans Stockton and Yao-Yuan Yeh
André Laliberté | January 19, 2022

DICTATORSHIP BY DEGREES: Xi Jinping in China | By Steven P. Feldman DICTATORSHIP BY DEGREES: Xi Jinping in China | By Steven P. Feldman
Dimitar D. Gueorguiev | January 19, 2022

TAIWAN IN DYNAMIC TRANSITION: Nation Building and Democratization | Edited by Ryan Dunch and Ashley Esarey, foreword by Thomas B. Gold TAIWAN IN DYNAMIC TRANSITION: Nation Building and Democratization | Edited by Ryan Dunch and Ashley Esarey, foreword by Thomas B. Gold
Jeff Hai-chi Loo | January 6, 2022

CHINA’S FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: Conditions and Challenges | Edited by Enrique Dussel Peters CHINA’S FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: Conditions and Challenges | Edited by Enrique Dussel Peters
Evan Ellis | January 6, 2022

THE BELT ROAD AND BEYOND: State-Mobilized Globalization in China: 1998–2018 | By Min Ye THE BELT ROAD AND BEYOND: State-Mobilized Globalization in China: 1998–2018 | By Min Ye
Hong Yu | November 18, 2021

SECURING CHINA’S NORTHWEST FRONTIER: Identity and Insecurity in Xinjiang | By David Tobin SECURING CHINA’S NORTHWEST FRONTIER: Identity and Insecurity in Xinjiang | By David Tobin
Yan Sun | November 18, 2021

CHINA GOES GREEN: Coercive Environmentalism for a Troubled Planet | By Yifei Li and Judith Shapiro CHINA GOES GREEN: Coercive Environmentalism for a Troubled Planet | By Yifei Li and Judith Shapiro
Ran Ran | November 18, 2021

Northeast Asia

THOUGHT CRIME: Ideology and State Power in Interwar Japan | By Max M. Ward THOUGHT CRIME: Ideology and State Power in Interwar Japan | By Max M. Ward
Mark McNally | January 19, 2022

LOST HISTORIES: Recovering the Lives of Japan’s Colonial Peoples | By Kirsten L. Ziomek LOST HISTORIES: Recovering the Lives of Japan’s Colonial Peoples | By Kirsten L. Ziomek
Hiroko Matsuda | January 19, 2022

THE CRISIS OF LIBERAL INTERNATIONALISM: Japan and the World Order | Edited by Yoichi Funabashi and G. John Ikenberry THE CRISIS OF LIBERAL INTERNATIONALISM: Japan and the World Order | Edited by Yoichi Funabashi and G. John Ikenberry
Michael J. Green | January 19, 2022

FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN KOREA, 1980–2020 | By Yung Chul Park, Joon-Kyung Kim, and Hail Park FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN KOREA, 1980–2020 | By Yung Chul Park, Joon-Kyung Kim, and Hail Park
Seung Whan Choi | January 19, 2022

IMMIGRANT INCORPORATION IN EAST ASIAN DEMOCRACIES | By Erin Aeran Chung IMMIGRANT INCORPORATION IN EAST ASIAN DEMOCRACIES | By Erin Aeran Chung
Pei-Chia Lan | January 6, 2022

TOWARD DEMOCRACY: South Korean Culture and Society, 1945–1980 | Edited by Hyunjoo Kim, Yerim Kim, Boduerae Kwon, Hyeryoung Lee, Theodore Jun Yoo TOWARD DEMOCRACY: South Korean Culture and Society, 1945–1980 | Edited by Hyunjoo Kim, Yerim Kim, Boduerae Kwon, Hyeryoung Lee, Theodore Jun Yoo
Chien-peng Chung | January 6, 2022

RESIDUAL FUTURES: The Urban Ecologies of Literary and Visual Media of 1960s and 1970s Japan | By Franz Prichard RESIDUAL FUTURES: The Urban Ecologies of Literary and Visual Media of 1960s and 1970s Japan | By Franz Prichard
Fabien Carpentras | January 6, 2022

AFTER THE KOREAN WAR: An Intimate History | By Heonik Kwon AFTER THE KOREAN WAR: An Intimate History | By Heonik Kwon
Steven Denney | November 18, 2021

South Asia & the Himalayas

THE SNOW LEOPARD AND THE GOAT: Politics of Conservation in the Western Himalayas | By Shafqat Hussain; Foreword by K. Sivaramakrishnan THE SNOW LEOPARD AND THE GOAT: Politics of Conservation in the Western Himalayas | By Shafqat Hussain; Foreword by K. Sivaramakrishnan
Muhammad A. Kavesh | January 19, 2022

COLONIAL TERROR: Torture and State Violence in Colonial India | By Deana Heath / THE TRUTH MACHINES: Policing, Violence, and Scientific Interrogations in India | By Jinee Lokaneeta COLONIAL TERROR: Torture and State Violence in Colonial India | By Deana Heath / THE TRUTH MACHINES: Policing, Violence, and Scientific Interrogations in India | By Jinee Lokaneeta
Georgi Asatryan | January 6, 2022

Southeast Asia

WAR AND THE ARC OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE | By Glenn Petersen WAR AND THE ARC OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE | By Glenn Petersen
Doug Dalton | January 19, 2022

REBEL POLITICS: A Political Sociology of Armed Struggle in Myanmar’s Borderlands | By David Brenner REBEL POLITICS: A Political Sociology of Armed Struggle in Myanmar’s Borderlands | By David Brenner
Constant Courtin | January 19, 2022

ANTHROPOGENIC RIVERS: The Production of Uncertainty in Lao Hydropower | By Jerome Whitington ANTHROPOGENIC RIVERS: The Production of Uncertainty in Lao Hydropower | By Jerome Whitington
Keith Barney | January 19, 2022

CHALLENGE THE STRONG WIND: Canada and East Timor, 1975–99 | By David Webster.CHALLENGE THE STRONG WIND: Canada and East Timor, 1975–99 | By David Webster.
Ying Hooi Khoo | November 18, 2021

LOVE, MONEY AND OBLIGATION: Transnational Marriage in a Northeastern Thai Village | By Patcharin Lapanun LOVE, MONEY AND OBLIGATION: Transnational Marriage in a Northeastern Thai Village | By Patcharin Lapanun
Manasigan Kanchanachitra | November 18, 2021

HIZBUT TAHRIR INDONESIA AND POLITICAL ISLAM: Identity, Ideology and Religio-Political Mobilization | By Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman HIZBUT TAHRIR INDONESIA AND POLITICAL ISLAM: Identity, Ideology and Religio-Political Mobilization | By Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman
Wasisto Raharjo Jati | November 18, 2021

Australasia & the Pacific Islands

A PRIMER FOR TEACHING PACIFIC HISTORIES: Ten Design Principles | By Matt K. Matsuda A PRIMER FOR TEACHING PACIFIC HISTORIES: Ten Design Principles | By Matt K. Matsuda
Michelle Ladwig Williams | January 19, 2022

INDIGENOUS TEXTUAL CULTURES: Reading and Writing in the Age of Global Empire | Edited by Tony Ballantyne, Lachy Paterson, and Angela Wanhalla INDIGENOUS TEXTUAL CULTURES: Reading and Writing in the Age of Global Empire | Edited by Tony Ballantyne, Lachy Paterson, and Angela Wanhalla
David Troolin | January 19, 2022

COLONIZING MADNESS: Asylum and Community in Fiji | By Jacqueline Leckie COLONIZING MADNESS: Asylum and Community in Fiji | By Jacqueline Leckie
Dominik Schieder | January 19, 2022

OF HUMANS, PIGS, AND SOULS: An Essay on the Yagwoia Womba Complex | By Jadran Mimica OF HUMANS, PIGS, AND SOULS: An Essay on the Yagwoia Womba Complex | By Jadran Mimica
Frederick H. Damon | January 19, 2022

ROARS FROM THE MOUNTAIN: Colonial Management of the 1951 Volcanic Disaster at Mount Lamington | By R. Wally Johnson ROARS FROM THE MOUNTAIN: Colonial Management of the 1951 Volcanic Disaster at Mount Lamington | By R. Wally Johnson
John Barker | January 19, 2022

CHRISTIANITY IN OCEANIA | Edited by Kenneth R. Ross, Katalina Tahaafe-Williams, and Todd M. Johnson CHRISTIANITY IN OCEANIA | Edited by Kenneth R. Ross, Katalina Tahaafe-Williams, and Todd M. Johnson
John Barker | January 19, 2022

MAKING LAW IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA: The Colonial Origins of a Postcolonial Legal System | By Bruce L. Ottley, David Weisbrot, and Jean G. Zorn MAKING LAW IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA: The Colonial Origins of a Postcolonial Legal System | By Bruce L. Ottley, David Weisbrot, and Jean G. Zorn
Michael Main | January 6, 2022

HAWAI‘I: Eight Hundred Years of Political and Economic Change | By Sumner La Croix HAWAI‘I: Eight Hundred Years of Political and Economic Change | By Sumner La Croix
David Fazzino | January 6, 2022