Pacific Affairs

Forthcoming Issue

September 2021

Are Economic Sanctions against North Korea Effective?: Assessing Nighttime Light of Various Cities

Are Economic Sanctions against North Korea Effective?: Assessing Nighttime Light of Various Cities
Sung Hyun Son and Joonmo Cho

Understanding Election Violence in the Philippines: Beware the Unknown Assassins of May

Understanding Election Violence in the Philippines: Beware the Unknown Assassins of May
Tom Smith and Joseph Anthony L. Reyes

Economic Policy Uncertainty, Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs), and Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment (COFDI)

Economic Policy Uncertainty, Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs), and Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment (COFDI)
Yue Lu, Linghui Wu and Ka Zeng

Perspectives

Network Monarchy as Euphoric Couplet

Network Monarchy as Euphoric Couplet
Duncan McCargo

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Review Essays

The Politics of Claim-making in India

The Politics of Claim-making in India
Diego Maiorano

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

IDEAS OF THE CITY IN ASIAN SETTINGS | Edited by Henco Bekkering, Adèle Esposito, and Charles Goldblum IDEAS OF THE CITY IN ASIAN SETTINGS | Edited by Henco Bekkering, Adèle Esposito, and Charles Goldblum
Can-Seng Ooi | June 1, 2021

China & Inner Asia

THE ART OF POLITICAL CONTROL IN CHINA | By Daniel C. Mattingly THE ART OF POLITICAL CONTROL IN CHINA | By Daniel C. Mattingly
Helen Xiaoyan Wu | June 16, 2021

ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE: The Sent-Down Youth Movement in Mao’s China, 1968–1980 | By Emily Honig and Xiaojian Zhao ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE: The Sent-Down Youth Movement in Mao’s China, 1968–1980 | By Emily Honig and Xiaojian Zhao
Justin Wu | June 16, 2021

THE POLITICS OF PEOPLE: Protest Cultures in China | By Shih-Diing Liu THE POLITICS OF PEOPLE: Protest Cultures in China | By Shih-Diing Liu
Yanhua Deng | June 16, 2021

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN CHINA | By Zhenqing Zhang INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN CHINA | By Zhenqing Zhang
Ge Chen | June 16, 2021

Northeast Asia

PEAK JAPAN: The End of Great Ambitions | By Brad Glosserman PEAK JAPAN: The End of Great Ambitions | By Brad Glosserman
Thomas Wilkins | June 16, 2021

OVERCOMING ISOLATIONISM: Japan’s Leadership in East Asian Security Multilateralism | By Paul Midford OVERCOMING ISOLATIONISM: Japan’s Leadership in East Asian Security Multilateralism | By Paul Midford
Michael J. Green | June 16, 2021

PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS AND THE MAKING OF KOREAN STUDIES IN THE UNITED STATES | Edited by Seung-kyung Kim and Michael Robinson PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS AND THE MAKING OF KOREAN STUDIES IN THE UNITED STATES | Edited by Seung-kyung Kim and Michael Robinson
Brandon Palmer | June 7, 2021

South Asia & the Himalayas

IMAGINING AFGHANISTAN: The History and Politics of Imperial Knowledge | By Nivi Manchanda IMAGINING AFGHANISTAN: The History and Politics of Imperial Knowledge | By Nivi Manchanda
Georgi Asatryan | June 16, 2021

Southeast Asia

BORDER CAPITALISM, DISRUPTED: Precarity and Struggle in a Southeast Asian Industrial Zone | By Stephen Campbell BORDER CAPITALISM, DISRUPTED: Precarity and Struggle in a Southeast Asian Industrial Zone | By Stephen Campbell
Kevin M. Woods | June 16, 2021

THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM, 1955–1975: Vietnamese Perspectives on Nation Building | Edited by Tuong Vu and Sean Fear THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM, 1955–1975: Vietnamese Perspectives on Nation Building | Edited by Tuong Vu and Sean Fear
Duy Duc Trinh | June 16, 2021

BEYOND THE ASYLUM: Mental Illness in French Colonial Vietnam | By Claire E. Edington BEYOND THE ASYLUM: Mental Illness in French Colonial Vietnam | By Claire E. Edington
Gerard Sasges | June 16, 2021

FIGHTING FOR VIRTUE: Justice and Politics in Thailand | By Duncan McCargo FIGHTING FOR VIRTUE: Justice and Politics in Thailand | By Duncan McCargo
Jacob I. Ricks | June 16, 2021

TRACES OF TRAUMA: Cambodian Visual Culture and National Identity in the Aftermath of Genocide | By Boreth Ly TRACES OF TRAUMA: Cambodian Visual Culture and National Identity in the Aftermath of Genocide | By Boreth Ly
Rachel Jacobs | June 16, 2021

ASIAN PLACE, FILIPINO NATION: A Global Intellectual History of the Philippine Revolution, 1887–1912 | By Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz ASIAN PLACE, FILIPINO NATION: A Global Intellectual History of the Philippine Revolution, 1887–1912 | By Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz
Sol Iglesias | June 16, 2021

NO MIDDLE GROUND: Anti-Imperialists and Ethical Witnessing during the Philippine-American War | By Erin L. Murphy NO MIDDLE GROUND: Anti-Imperialists and Ethical Witnessing during the Philippine-American War | By Erin L. Murphy
Jorge Bayona | June 16, 2021

Australasia & the Pacific Islands

PACIFIC SOCIAL WORK: Navigating Practice, Policy and Research | Edited by Jioji Ravulo, Tracie Mafile‘o, and Donald Bruce Yeates PACIFIC SOCIAL WORK: Navigating Practice, Policy and Research | Edited by Jioji Ravulo, Tracie Mafile‘o, and Donald Bruce Yeates
Ashley Meredith | June 1, 2021