Pacific Affairs

Volume 89 – No. 1

March 2016

Articles

Professionals and Soldiers: Measuring Professionalism in the Thai Military

Professionals and Soldiers: Measuring Professionalism in the Thai Military
Punchada Sirivunnabood and Jacob Isaac Ricks

Is Culture the Cause? Choices, Expectations and Electoral Politics in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea

Is Culture the Cause? Choices, Expectations and Electoral Politics in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea
Terence Wood

Russia’s Reorientation to Asia: Causes and Strategic Implications

Russia’s Reorientation to Asia: Causes and Strategic Implications
Alexander Korolev

Playing Both Sides of the Pacific: Latin America’s Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with China

Playing Both Sides of the Pacific: Latin America’s Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with China
Carol Wise

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Film Reviews

THE MISSING PICTURE = L’IMAGE MANQUANTE | By Rithy Panh THE MISSING PICTURE = L’IMAGE MANQUANTE | By Rithy Panh
Brigitte Sion

Review Essays

Anarchist Discourse in Asian Studies

Anarchist Discourse in Asian Studies
Apichai Shipper

Book Reviews

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

Asia General

MAKERS OF MODERN ASIA | Edited by Ramachandra Guha MAKERS OF MODERN ASIA | Edited by Ramachandra Guha
Robin Jeffrey

THE NATURE OF ASIAN POLITICS | By Bruce Gilley THE NATURE OF ASIAN POLITICS | By Bruce Gilley
Takashi Inoguchi

THE POLITICS OF MARKETISING ASIA | Edited by Toby Carroll and Darryl S.L. Jarvis THE POLITICS OF MARKETISING ASIA | Edited by Toby Carroll and Darryl S.L. Jarvis
Wei Li

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN ASIA | By Robert J. Hanlon CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN ASIA | By Robert J. Hanlon
David Grayson

UNWANTED VISIONARIES: The Soviet Failure in Asia at the End of the Cold War | By Sergey Radchenko UNWANTED VISIONARIES: The Soviet Failure in Asia at the End of the Cold War | By Sergey Radchenko
Kathryn Weathersby

CONSTRUCTING EAST ASIA: Technology, Ideology, and Empire in Japan’s Wartime Era, 1931–1945 | By Aaron Stephen Moore CONSTRUCTING EAST ASIA: Technology, Ideology, and Empire in Japan’s Wartime Era, 1931–1945 | By Aaron Stephen Moore
Victor Seow

China & Inner Asia

CHINA FROM EMPIRE TO NATION-STATE | By Wang Hui; translated by Michael Gibbs Hill CHINA FROM EMPIRE TO NATION-STATE | By Wang Hui; translated by Michael Gibbs Hill
David Ownby

CHINA’S FOREIGN POLICY | By Stuart Harris CHINA’S FOREIGN POLICY | By Stuart Harris
Dong Wang

ASSESSING TREATY PERFORMANCE IN CHINA: Trade and Human Rights | By Pitman B. Potter ASSESSING TREATY PERFORMANCE IN CHINA: Trade and Human Rights | By Pitman B. Potter
Clive Ansley

STRATEGIC REASSURANCE AND RESOLVE: U.S.-China Relations in the Twenty-First Century | By James Steinberg, Michael E. O’Hanlon STRATEGIC REASSURANCE AND RESOLVE: U.S.-China Relations in the Twenty-First Century | By James Steinberg, Michael E. O’Hanlon
Tyler Rooker

RELIGION AND ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY IN CHINA | Edited by James Miller, Dan Smyer Yu, and Peter van der Veer RELIGION AND ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY IN CHINA | Edited by James Miller, Dan Smyer Yu, and Peter van der Veer
Peter Wong Yih Jiun

MODERNITY WITH A COLD WAR FACE: Reimagining the Nation in Chinese Literature across the 1949 Divide | By Xiaojue Wang MODERNITY WITH A COLD WAR FACE: Reimagining the Nation in Chinese Literature across the 1949 Divide | By Xiaojue Wang
Arthur Waldron

CLASS IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA | By David S.G. Goodman CLASS IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA | By David S.G. Goodman
Martin King Whyte

BORN OUT OF PLACE: Migrant Mothers and the Politics of International Labor | By Nicole Constable BORN OUT OF PLACE: Migrant Mothers and the Politics of International Labor | By Nicole Constable
Pei-chia Lan

VISIONS OF DYSTOPIA IN CHINA’S NEW HISTORICAL NOVELS | By Jeffrey C. Kinkley VISIONS OF DYSTOPIA IN CHINA’S NEW HISTORICAL NOVELS | By Jeffrey C. Kinkley
Richard King

A LANDSCAPE OF TRAVEL: The Work of Tourism in Rural Ethnic China | By Jenny Chio A LANDSCAPE OF TRAVEL: The Work of Tourism in Rural Ethnic China | By Jenny Chio
Travis Klingberg

XINJIANG AND THE EXPANSION OF CHINESE COMMUNIST POWER: Kashgar in the Early Twentieth Century | By Michael Dillon XINJIANG AND THE EXPANSION OF CHINESE COMMUNIST POWER: Kashgar in the Early Twentieth Century | By Michael Dillon
Morris Rossabi

CHINA’S FOREIGN POLICY | By Stuart Harris CHINA’S FOREIGN POLICY | By Stuart Harris
Dong Wang

CHINESE LABOR IN A KOREAN FACTORY: Class, Ethnicity, and Productivity on the Shop Floor in Globalizing China | By Jaesok Kim CHINESE LABOR IN A KOREAN FACTORY: Class, Ethnicity, and Productivity on the Shop Floor in Globalizing China | By Jaesok Kim
Eli Friedman

CONVERTS TO CIVIL SOCIETY: Christianity and Political Culture in Contemporary Hong Kong | By Lida V. Nedilsky CONVERTS TO CIVIL SOCIETY: Christianity and Political Culture in Contemporary Hong Kong | By Lida V. Nedilsky
Alexander Chow

ON THE FRINGES OF THE HARMONIOUS SOCIETY: Tibetans and Uyghurs in Socialist China | Edited by Trine Brox, Ildikó Bellér-Hann ON THE FRINGES OF THE HARMONIOUS SOCIETY: Tibetans and Uyghurs in Socialist China | Edited by Trine Brox, Ildikó Bellér-Hann
Tsering Shakya

LA FRANCE EN CHINE DE SUN YAT-SEN À MAO ZEDONG 1918–1953 | By Nicole Bensacq-Tixier LA FRANCE EN CHINE DE SUN YAT-SEN À MAO ZEDONG 1918–1953 | By Nicole Bensacq-Tixier
Serge Granger

Northeast Asia

ENERGY SECURITY IN JAPAN: Challenges After Fukushima | By Vlado Vivoda ENERGY SECURITY IN JAPAN: Challenges After Fukushima | By Vlado Vivoda
Brian Woodall

CAPTURING CONTEMPORARY JAPAN: Differentiation and Uncertainty | Edited by Satsuki Kawano, Glenda S. Roberts, Susan Orpett Long CAPTURING CONTEMPORARY JAPAN: Differentiation and Uncertainty | Edited by Satsuki Kawano, Glenda S. Roberts, Susan Orpett Long
Robin O’Day

NEW POLICIES FOR NEW RESIDENTS: Immigrants, Advocacy, and Governance in Japan and Beyond | By Deborah J. Milly NEW POLICIES FOR NEW RESIDENTS: Immigrants, Advocacy, and Governance in Japan and Beyond | By Deborah J. Milly
Betsy Brody

EMBRACING DIFFERENCES: Transnational Cultural Flows between Japan and the United States | By Iris-Aya Laemmerhirt EMBRACING DIFFERENCES: Transnational Cultural Flows between Japan and the United States | By Iris-Aya Laemmerhirt
Casey Brienza

LOST AND FOUND: Recovering Regional Identity in Imperial Japan | By Hiraku Shimoda LOST AND FOUND: Recovering Regional Identity in Imperial Japan | By Hiraku Shimoda
John E. Van Sant

JAPANESE EDUCATION IN AN ERA OF GLOBALIZATION: Culture, Politics, and Equity | Edited by Gary DeCoker, Christopher Bjork; foreword by James J. Shields JAPANESE EDUCATION IN AN ERA OF GLOBALIZATION: Culture, Politics, and Equity | Edited by Gary DeCoker, Christopher Bjork; foreword by James J. Shields
David Blake Willis

THE POLITICS OF WAR MEMORY IN JAPAN: Progressive Civil Society Groups and the Contestation of Memory of the Asia- Pacific War | By Kamila Szczepanska THE POLITICS OF WAR MEMORY IN JAPAN: Progressive Civil Society Groups and the Contestation of Memory of the Asia- Pacific War | By Kamila Szczepanska
Ivo Plsek

THE GREAT KANTŌ EARTHQUAKE AND THE CHIMERA OF NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION IN JAPAN | By J. Charles Schencking THE GREAT KANTŌ EARTHQUAKE AND THE CHIMERA OF NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION IN JAPAN | By J. Charles Schencking
Andre Haag

THE JOY OF NOH: Embodied Learning and Discipline in Urban Japan | By Katrina L. Moore THE JOY OF NOH: Embodied Learning and Discipline in Urban Japan | By Katrina L. Moore
Jason Danely

MEIJI RESTORATION LOSERS: Memory and Tokugawa Supporters in Modern Japan | By Michael Wert MEIJI RESTORATION LOSERS: Memory and Tokugawa Supporters in Modern Japan | By Michael Wert
D. Colin Jaundrill

JAPAN’S RELATIONS WITH NORTH KOREA AND THE RECALIBRATION OF RISK | By Ra Mason JAPAN’S RELATIONS WITH NORTH KOREA AND THE RECALIBRATION OF RISK | By Ra Mason
Sebastian Maslow

NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR OPERATIONALITY: Regional Security & Nonproliferation | Edited by Gregory J. Moore NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR OPERATIONALITY: Regional Security & Nonproliferation | Edited by Gregory J. Moore
Tomohiko Kawaguchi

KOREAN POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Crisis, Security, and Institutional Rebalancing | By Jongryn Mo and Barry R. Weingast KOREAN POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Crisis, Security, and Institutional Rebalancing | By Jongryn Mo and Barry R. Weingast
Hyun-Chin Lim

MOBILE SUBJECTS: Boundaries and Identities in the Modern Korean Diaspora | Edited by Wen-hsin Yeh MOBILE SUBJECTS: Boundaries and Identities in the Modern Korean Diaspora | Edited by Wen-hsin Yeh
Rachael M. Joo

EASTERN LEARNING AND THE HEAVENLY WAY: The Tonghak and Ch’ŏndogyo Movements and the Twilight of Korean Independence | By Carl F. Young EASTERN LEARNING AND THE HEAVENLY WAY: The Tonghak and Ch’ŏndogyo Movements and the Twilight of Korean Independence | By Carl F. Young
Kirk W. Larsen

WHEN THE FUTURE DISAPPEARS: The Modernist Imagination in Late Colonial Korea | By Janet Poole WHEN THE FUTURE DISAPPEARS: The Modernist Imagination in Late Colonial Korea | By Janet Poole
Dafna Zur

ASSIMILATING SEOUL: Japanese Rule and the Politics of Public Space in Colonial Korea, 1910–1945 | By Todd A. Henry ASSIMILATING SEOUL: Japanese Rule and the Politics of Public Space in Colonial Korea, 1910–1945 | By Todd A. Henry
Donald N. Clark

NORTH KOREA-US RELATIONS UNDER KIM JONG II: The Quest for Normalization? | By Ramon Pacheco Pardo NORTH KOREA-US RELATIONS UNDER KIM JONG II: The Quest for Normalization? | By Ramon Pacheco Pardo
Sarah Teo

NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR OPERATIONALITY: Regional Security & Nonproliferation | Edited by Gregory J. Moore; foreword by Graham T. Allison NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR OPERATIONALITY: Regional Security & Nonproliferation | Edited by Gregory J. Moore; foreword by Graham T. Allison
Tomohiko Kawaguchi

DMZ CROSSING: Performing Emotional Citizenship Along the Korean Border | By Suk-Young Kim DMZ CROSSING: Performing Emotional Citizenship Along the Korean Border | By Suk-Young Kim
Terry K. Park

DEATH, MOURNING, AND THE AFTERLIFE IN KOREA: From Ancient to Contemporary Times | Edited by Charlotte Horlyck and Michael J. Pettid DEATH, MOURNING, AND THE AFTERLIFE IN KOREA: From Ancient to Contemporary Times | Edited by Charlotte Horlyck and Michael J. Pettid
Boudewijn Walraven

K-POP: Popular Music, Cultural Amnesia, and Economic Innovation in South Korea | By John Lie K-POP: Popular Music, Cultural Amnesia, and Economic Innovation in South Korea | By John Lie
Dal Yong Jin

South Asia & the Himalayas

TRANSFORMING INDIA: Challenges to the World’s Largest Democracy | By Sumantra Bose TRANSFORMING INDIA: Challenges to the World’s Largest Democracy | By Sumantra Bose
John Harriss

RIGHTEOUS REPUBLIC: The Political Foundations of Modern India | By Ananya Vajpeyi RIGHTEOUS REPUBLIC: The Political Foundations of Modern India | By Ananya Vajpeyi
Ronojoy Sen

NATION AND FAMILY: Personal Law, Cultural Pluralism, and Gendered Citizenship in India | By Narendra Subramanian NATION AND FAMILY: Personal Law, Cultural Pluralism, and Gendered Citizenship in India | By Narendra Subramanian
Maitrayee Chaudhuri

BIRTH IN THE AGE OF AIDS: Women, Reproduction, and HIV/AIDS in India | By Cecilia Van Hollen BIRTH IN THE AGE OF AIDS: Women, Reproduction, and HIV/AIDS in India | By Cecilia Van Hollen
Kaveri Qureshi

PROSTITUTION AND THE ENDS OF EMPIRE: Scale, Govern-mentalities, and Interwar India | By Stephen Legg PROSTITUTION AND THE ENDS OF EMPIRE: Scale, Govern-mentalities, and Interwar India | By Stephen Legg
Renisa Mawani

THE ALL-INDIA MUSLIM LEAGUE, 1906–1947: A Study of Leadership in the Evolution of a Nation | By Mary Louise Becker THE ALL-INDIA MUSLIM LEAGUE, 1906–1947: A Study of Leadership in the Evolution of a Nation | By Mary Louise Becker
Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury

PAKISTAN’S NUCLEAR POLICY: A Minimum Credible Deterrence | By Zafar Khan PAKISTAN’S NUCLEAR POLICY: A Minimum Credible Deterrence | By Zafar Khan
Robert Anderson

THE POLITICS OF RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT IN SRI LANKA: Transnational Commitments to Social Change | By Eva Gerharz THE POLITICS OF RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT IN SRI LANKA: Transnational Commitments to Social Change | By Eva Gerharz
Bart Klem

MEDIATING THE GLOBAL: Expatria’s Forms and Consequences in Kathmandu | By Heather Hindman MEDIATING THE GLOBAL: Expatria’s Forms and Consequences in Kathmandu | By Heather Hindman
Sara Shneiderman

Southeast Asia

THE KHMER LANDS OF VIETNAM: Environment, Cosmology and Sovereignty | By Philip Taylor THE KHMER LANDS OF VIETNAM: Environment, Cosmology and Sovereignty | By Philip Taylor
Matt Galway

A KINGDOM IN CRISIS: Thailand’s Struggle for Democracy in the Twenty-First Century | By Andrew MacGregor Marshall A KINGDOM IN CRISIS: Thailand’s Struggle for Democracy in the Twenty-First Century | By Andrew MacGregor Marshall
Jim Glassman

EXPLORATION AND IRONY IN STUDIES OF SIAM OVER FORTY YEARS | By Benedict R. O’G. Anderson EXPLORATION AND IRONY IN STUDIES OF SIAM OVER FORTY YEARS | By Benedict R. O’G. Anderson
Abidin Kusno

IDENTITY AND PLEASURE: The Politics of Indonesian Screen Culture | By Ariel Heryanto IDENTITY AND PLEASURE: The Politics of Indonesian Screen Culture | By Ariel Heryanto
Michael Bodden

IN SEARCH OF MIDDLE INDONESIA: Middle Classes in Provincial Towns | Edited by Gerry van Klinken, Ward Berenschot IN SEARCH OF MIDDLE INDONESIA: Middle Classes in Provincial Towns | Edited by Gerry van Klinken, Ward Berenschot
Emma Baulch

LIEM SIOE LIONG’S SALIM GROUP: The Business Pillar of Suharto’s Indonesia | By Richard Borsuk, Nancy Chng LIEM SIOE LIONG’S SALIM GROUP: The Business Pillar of Suharto’s Indonesia | By Richard Borsuk, Nancy Chng
Richard Robison

REGIONAL DYNAMICS IN A DECENTRALIZED INDONESIA | Edited by Hal Hill REGIONAL DYNAMICS IN A DECENTRALIZED INDONESIA | Edited by Hal Hill
Fadjar I. Thufail

Australasia & the Pacific Islands

MAKING CHINESE AUSTRALIA: Urban Elites, Newspapers and the Formation of Chinese-Australian Identity, 1892–1912 | By Mei-fen Kuo MAKING CHINESE AUSTRALIA: Urban Elites, Newspapers and the Formation of Chinese-Australian Identity, 1892–1912 | By Mei-fen Kuo
James Jupp

THE CAPTAIN AND “THE CANNIBAL”: An Epic Story of Exploration, Kidnapping, and the Broadway Stage | By James Fairhead THE CAPTAIN AND “THE CANNIBAL”: An Epic Story of Exploration, Kidnapping, and the Broadway Stage | By James Fairhead
Lamont Lindstrom

AUSTRALIANS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1960–1975 | Edited by Ceridwen Spark, Seumas Spark, and Christina Twomey AUSTRALIANS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1960–1975 | Edited by Ceridwen Spark, Seumas Spark, and Christina Twomey
Richard Scaglion

ANCESTRAL PLACES: Understanding Kanaka Geographies | By Katrina-Ann R. Kapā‘anaokalāokeola Nākoa Oliveira ANCESTRAL PLACES: Understanding Kanaka Geographies | By Katrina-Ann R. Kapā‘anaokalāokeola Nākoa Oliveira
Mascha Gugganig

HOW TO READ OCEANIC ART | By Eric Kjellgren HOW TO READ OCEANIC ART | By Eric Kjellgren
Nicolas Garnier

MAKING MICRONESIA: A Political Biography of Tosiwo Nakayama | By David Hanlon MAKING MICRONESIA: A Political Biography of Tosiwo Nakayama | By David Hanlon
Donald Rubinstein