Pacific Affairs

Volume 94 – No. 1

March 2021

Articles

The Political Orientation of Japanese Online Right-wingers

The Political Orientation of Japanese Online Right-wingers
Kikuko Nagayoshi

Perspectives

Policy-Research Nexus: The Case of Pacific Studies in China

Policy-Research Nexus: The Case of Pacific Studies in China
Denghua Zhang

SPECIAL SECTION

The New Scramble for the Pacific: A Frontier Approach

Guest Editors: Elodie Fache, Pierre-Yves Le Meur and Estienne Rodary

Special Section

Introduction: The New Scramble for the Pacific: A Frontier Approach

Introduction: The New Scramble for the Pacific: A Frontier Approach
Elodie Fache, Pierre-Yves Le Meur and Estienne Rodary

The Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary: Terraqueous Territorialization and Māori Marine Environments

The Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary: Terraqueous Territorialization and Māori Marine Environments
Fiona McCormack

Discombobulated Actor-Networks in a Maritime Resource Frontier

Discombobulated Actor-Networks in a Maritime Resource Frontier
Colin Filer, Jennifer Gabriel and Matthew G. Allen

Floating Islands, Frontiers, and Other Boundary Objects on the Edge of Oceania’s Futurity

Floating Islands, Frontiers, and Other Boundary Objects on the Edge of Oceania’s Futurity
Alexander Mawyer

Review Essays

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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

OVERCOMING EMPIRE IN POST-IMPERIAL EAST ASIA: Repatriation, Redress, and Rebuilding | Edited by Barak Kushner and Sherzod Muminov OVERCOMING EMPIRE IN POST-IMPERIAL EAST ASIA: Repatriation, Redress, and Rebuilding | Edited by Barak Kushner and Sherzod Muminov
Gregory Blue

THESE ISLANDS ARE OURS: The Social Construction of Territorial Disputes in Northeast Asia | By Alexander Bukh THESE ISLANDS ARE OURS: The Social Construction of Territorial Disputes in Northeast Asia | By Alexander Bukh
Ian Parker

CONTEST FOR THE INDO-PACIFIC: Why China Won’t Map the Future | By Rory Medcalf CONTEST FOR THE INDO-PACIFIC: Why China Won’t Map the Future | By Rory Medcalf
Randall Doyle

ACROSS OCEANS OF LAW: The Komagata Maru and Jurisdiction in the Time of Empire | By Renisa Mawani ACROSS OCEANS OF LAW: The Komagata Maru and Jurisdiction in the Time of Empire | By Renisa Mawani
Radhika Mongia

China & Inner Asia

END OF AN ERA: How China’s Authoritarian Revival is Undermining Its Rise | By Carl Minzner END OF AN ERA: How China’s Authoritarian Revival is Undermining Its Rise | By Carl Minzner
Guoguang Wu

HOW CHINA SEES THE WORLD: Insights from China’s International Relations Scholars | By Huiyun Feng, Kai He, and Xiaojun Li HOW CHINA SEES THE WORLD: Insights from China’s International Relations Scholars | By Huiyun Feng, Kai He, and Xiaojun Li
Robert G. Sutter

REVOLUTIONARY LEGACY, POWER STRUCTURE, AND GRASSROOTS CAPITALISM UNDER THE RED FLAG IN CHINA | By Qi Zhang and Mingxing Liu REVOLUTIONARY LEGACY, POWER STRUCTURE, AND GRASSROOTS CAPITALISM UNDER THE RED FLAG IN CHINA | By Qi Zhang and Mingxing Liu
Jianjun Zhang

TO THE END OF REVOLUTION: THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY AND TIBET, 1949–1959 | By Xiaoyuan Liu TO THE END OF REVOLUTION: THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY AND TIBET, 1949–1959 | By Xiaoyuan Liu
Norbert Francis

Northeast Asia

UNDERSTANDING GOVERNANCE IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN: Transformation and the regulatory state | By Masahiro Mogaki UNDERSTANDING GOVERNANCE IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN: Transformation and the regulatory state | By Masahiro Mogaki
Euisuok Han

BLACK WAVE: How Networks and Governance Shaped Japan’s 3/11 Disasters | By Daniel P. Aldrich BLACK WAVE: How Networks and Governance Shaped Japan’s 3/11 Disasters | By Daniel P. Aldrich
Koichi Hasegawa

CONSUMING LIFE IN POST-BUBBLE JAPAN: A Transdisciplinary Perspective | Edited by Katarzyna J. Cwiertka and Ewa Machotka.CONSUMING LIFE IN POST-BUBBLE JAPAN: A Transdisciplinary Perspective | Edited by Katarzyna J. Cwiertka and Ewa Machotka.
Sophie Buhnik

THE PLATFORM ECONOMY: How Japan Transformed the Consumer Internet | By Marc Steinberg THE PLATFORM ECONOMY: How Japan Transformed the Consumer Internet | By Marc Steinberg
Lindsey M. Bier

INVISIBILITY BY DESIGN: Women and Labor in Japan’s Digital Economy | By Gabriella Lukács INVISIBILITY BY DESIGN: Women and Labor in Japan’s Digital Economy | By Gabriella Lukács
Patricia Maclachlan

A BOWL FOR A COIN: A Commodity History of Japanese Tea | By William Wayne Farris A BOWL FOR A COIN: A Commodity History of Japanese Tea | By William Wayne Farris
Taka Oshikiri

ART AND ENGAGEMENT IN EARLY POSTWAR JAPAN | By Justin Jesty ART AND ENGAGEMENT IN EARLY POSTWAR JAPAN | By Justin Jesty
Adrian Favell

South Asia & the Himalayas

A BUSINESS HISTORY OF INDIA: Enterprise and the Emergence of Capitalism from 1700 | By Tirthankar Roy A BUSINESS HISTORY OF INDIA: Enterprise and the Emergence of Capitalism from 1700 | By Tirthankar Roy
Gautam Nair

JUGAAD TIME: Ecologies of Everyday Hacking in India | By Amit S. Rai JUGAAD TIME: Ecologies of Everyday Hacking in India | By Amit S. Rai
Anup Kumar

Southeast Asia

NON-TRADITIONAL SECURITY ISSUES IN ASEAN: Agendas for Action | Edited by Mely Caballero-Anthony and Lina Gong NON-TRADITIONAL SECURITY ISSUES IN ASEAN: Agendas for Action | Edited by Mely Caballero-Anthony and Lina Gong
Amy L. Freedman

SOUTHEAST ASIA AFTER THE COLD WAR: A Contemporary History | By Ang Cheng Guan SOUTHEAST ASIA AFTER THE COLD WAR: A Contemporary History | By Ang Cheng Guan
Huong Le Thu

MODERN TIMES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, 1920s–1970s | Edited by Susie Protschky and Tom van den Berge MODERN TIMES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, 1920s–1970s | Edited by Susie Protschky and Tom van den Berge
Satrya Wibawa

THAILAND: History, Politics and the Rule of Law | By James Wise THAILAND: History, Politics and the Rule of Law | By James Wise
Ukrist Pathmanand

FIFTY YEARS IN THE KAREN REVOLUTION IN BURMA: The Soldier and the Teacher | By Saw Ralph and Naw Sheera FIFTY YEARS IN THE KAREN REVOLUTION IN BURMA: The Soldier and the Teacher | By Saw Ralph and Naw Sheera
John Buchanan

ELECTORAL DYNAMICS IN THE PHILIPPINES: Money Politics, Patronage, and Clientelism at the Grassroots | Edited by Allen Hicken, Edward Aspinall, and Meredith Weiss ELECTORAL DYNAMICS IN THE PHILIPPINES: Money Politics, Patronage, and Clientelism at the Grassroots | Edited by Allen Hicken, Edward Aspinall, and Meredith Weiss
Mary Anne Mendoza

ARISTOCRACY OF ARMED TALENT: The Military Elite in Singapore | By Samuel Ling Wei Chan ARISTOCRACY OF ARMED TALENT: The Military Elite in Singapore | By Samuel Ling Wei Chan
Terence Lee

THE DEFEAT OF BARISAN NASIONAL: Missed Signs or Late Surge? | Edited by Francis E. Hutchinson and Lee Hwok Aun; cartographers: Benjamin K.H. Hu and Pearlyn Y. Pang THE DEFEAT OF BARISAN NASIONAL: Missed Signs or Late Surge? | Edited by Francis E. Hutchinson and Lee Hwok Aun; cartographers: Benjamin K.H. Hu and Pearlyn Y. Pang
Johan Saravanamuttu

FOLLOW THE MAID: Domestic Worker Migration in and from Indonesia | By Olivia Killias FOLLOW THE MAID: Domestic Worker Migration in and from Indonesia | By Olivia Killias
Juanita Elias

INDONESIA: State and Society in Transition | By Jemma Purdey, Antje Missbach, and Dave McRae INDONESIA: State and Society in Transition | By Jemma Purdey, Antje Missbach, and Dave McRae
Burhanuddin Muhtadi

AFTER THE TSUNAMI: Disaster Narratives and the Remaking of Everyday Life in Aceh | By Annemarie Samuels AFTER THE TSUNAMI: Disaster Narratives and the Remaking of Everyday Life in Aceh | By Annemarie Samuels
Vivian Y. Choi

SCANDAL AND DEMOCRACY: Media Politics in Indonesia | By Mary E. McCoy SCANDAL AND DEMOCRACY: Media Politics in Indonesia | By Mary E. McCoy
Eve Warburton

UNMARKED GRAVES: Death and Survival in the Anti-Communist Violence in East Java, Indonesia | By Vannessa Hearman || THE END OF SILENCE: Accounts of the 1965 Genocide in Indonesia | By Soe Tjen Marching with original photography by Angus Nicholls UNMARKED GRAVES: Death and Survival in the Anti-Communist Violence in East Java, Indonesia | By Vannessa Hearman || THE END OF SILENCE: Accounts of the 1965 Genocide in Indonesia | By Soe Tjen Marching with original photography by Angus Nicholls
John Roosa

CONFLICT, IDENTITY, AND STATE FORMATION IN EAST TIMOR 2000–2017 | By James Scambary CONFLICT, IDENTITY, AND STATE FORMATION IN EAST TIMOR 2000–2017 | By James Scambary
Ying Hooi Khoo

Australasia & the Pacific Islands

BICULTURALISM AT NEW ZEALAND’S NATIONAL MUSEUM: An Ethnography of Te Papa | By Tanja Schubert-McArthur BICULTURALISM AT NEW ZEALAND’S NATIONAL MUSEUM: An Ethnography of Te Papa | By Tanja Schubert-McArthur
Michael Goldsmith

FENCING IN AIDS: Gender, Vulnerability, and Care in Papua New Guinea | By Holly Wardlow FENCING IN AIDS: Gender, Vulnerability, and Care in Papua New Guinea | By Holly Wardlow
Deborah Gewertz & Frederick Errington

SACRED MEN: Law, Torture, and Retribution in Guam | By Keith L. Camacho SACRED MEN: Law, Torture, and Retribution in Guam | By Keith L. Camacho
Glenn Petersen

TATAU: A History of Sāmoan Tattooing | By Sean Mallon and Sébastien Galliot TATAU: A History of Sāmoan Tattooing | By Sean Mallon and Sébastien Galliot
Fiona McCormack

THE MELANESIAN WORLD. The Routledge Worlds | Edited by Eric Hirsch and Will Rollason THE MELANESIAN WORLD. The Routledge Worlds | Edited by Eric Hirsch and Will Rollason
Chris Ballard

THE OCEAN IN THE SCHOOL: Pacific Islander Students Transforming Their University | By Rick Bonus THE OCEAN IN THE SCHOOL: Pacific Islander Students Transforming Their University | By Rick Bonus
Michelle Ladwig Williams