Pacific Affairs

Volume 96 – No. 1

March 2023

Articles

Comparing Religious Intolerance in Indonesia by Affiliations to Muslim Organizations

Comparing Religious Intolerance in Indonesia by Affiliations to Muslim Organizations
Hariyadi, Akhmad Rizal Shidiq, Arief Anshory Yusuf and Dharra Widdhyaningtyas Mahardhika

The Political Origins of Persistent Elderly Poverty in South Korea

The Political Origins of Persistent Elderly Poverty in South Korea
Sunil Kim

The Forgotten Victims of the Atomic Bomb: North Korean Pipokja and the Politics of Victimhood in Japan-DPRK Relations

The Forgotten Victims of the Atomic Bomb: North Korean Pipokja and the Politics of Victimhood in Japan-DPRK Relations
Lauren Richardson

Perspectives

Continuity, History, and Identity: Why Bongbong Marcos Won the 2022 Philippine Presidential Election

Continuity, History, and Identity: Why Bongbong Marcos Won the 2022 Philippine Presidential Election
Dean Gerard Dulay, Allen Hicken, Anil Menon and Ronald Holmes

The Politics of Compromise: Analyzing the Repeal of Section 377A in Singapore

The Politics of Compromise: Analyzing the Repeal of Section 377A in Singapore
Walid Jumblatt Bin Abdullah

Special Section

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Review Essays

India’s Authoritarian Turn: Understanding the Emergency (1975–1977) and Its Afterlife

India’s Authoritarian Turn: Understanding the Emergency (1975–1977) and Its Afterlife
Himanshu Jha

Critical Dialogues

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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

RUSSIAN ENERGY STRATEGY IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC: Implications for Australia | Edited by Elizabeth Buchanan RUSSIAN ENERGY STRATEGY IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC: Implications for Australia | Edited by Elizabeth Buchanan
Vlado Vivoda

BIOTIC BORDERS: Transpacific Plant and Insect Migration and the Rise of Anti-Asian Racism in America, 1890–1950 | By Jeannie N. Shinozuka BIOTIC BORDERS: Transpacific Plant and Insect Migration and the Rise of Anti-Asian Racism in America, 1890–1950 | By Jeannie N. Shinozuka
John P. DiMoia

WRITING HISTORY IN AMERICA’S SHADOW: Japan, the Philippines, and the Question of Pan-Asianism | By Takamichi Serizawa WRITING HISTORY IN AMERICA’S SHADOW: Japan, the Philippines, and the Question of Pan-Asianism | By Takamichi Serizawa
Moon-Ho Jung

China & Inner Asia

IN CHINA’S WAKE: How the Commodity Boom Transformed Development Strategies in the Global South | By Nicholas Jepson IN CHINA’S WAKE: How the Commodity Boom Transformed Development Strategies in the Global South | By Nicholas Jepson
Xiaoyang Tang

THE END OF THE VILLAGE: Planning the Urbanization of Rural China | By Nick R. Smith THE END OF THE VILLAGE: Planning the Urbanization of Rural China | By Nick R. Smith
Jelena Große-Bley

NEWBORN SOCIALIST THINGS: Materiality in Maoist China | By Laurence Coderre NEWBORN SOCIALIST THINGS: Materiality in Maoist China | By Laurence Coderre
Amy Jane Barnes

MARKET MAOISTS: The Communist Origins of China’s Capitalist Ascent | By Jason M. Kelly MARKET MAOISTS: The Communist Origins of China’s Capitalist Ascent | By Jason M. Kelly
Lin Chun

KNOWING MANCHURIA: Environments, the Senses, and Natural Knowledge on an Asian Borderland | By Ruth Rogaski KNOWING MANCHURIA: Environments, the Senses, and Natural Knowledge on an Asian Borderland | By Ruth Rogaski
Thomas David DuBois

DYNAMICS OF DEMOCRACY IN TAIWAN: The Ma Ying-jeou Years | Edited by Kharis Templeman, Yun-han Chu, and Larry Diamond DYNAMICS OF DEMOCRACY IN TAIWAN: The Ma Ying-jeou Years | Edited by Kharis Templeman, Yun-han Chu, and Larry Diamond
Tommy Chung-Yin Kwan

WHEN THE IRON BIRD FLIES: China’s Secret War in Tibet | By Jianglin Li. With a foreword by his Holiness the Dalai Lama WHEN THE IRON BIRD FLIES: China’s Secret War in Tibet | By Jianglin Li. With a foreword by his Holiness the Dalai Lama
Tsering Shakya

Northeast Asia

JAPAN’S NEW REGIONAL REALITY: Geoeconomic Strategy in the Asia-Pacific | By Saori N. Katada.JAPAN’S NEW REGIONAL REALITY: Geoeconomic Strategy in the Asia-Pacific | By Saori N. Katada.
Hiroyuki Hoshiro

JAPAN IN THE HEISEI ERA (1989–2019): Multidisciplinary Perspectives | Edited by Noriko Murai, Jeff Kingston, and Tina Burrett JAPAN IN THE HEISEI ERA (1989–2019): Multidisciplinary Perspectives | Edited by Noriko Murai, Jeff Kingston, and Tina Burrett
Derek Hall

JAPAN’S LIVING POLITICS: Grassroots Action and the Crises of Democracy | By Tessa Morris-Suzuki JAPAN’S LIVING POLITICS: Grassroots Action and the Crises of Democracy | By Tessa Morris-Suzuki
Hanno Jentzsch

AMORPHOUS DISSENT: Post-Fukushima Social Movements in Japan | Edited by Horie Takashi, Tanaka Hikaru, and Tanno Kiyoto AMORPHOUS DISSENT: Post-Fukushima Social Movements in Japan | Edited by Horie Takashi, Tanaka Hikaru, and Tanno Kiyoto
Simon Avenell

INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MARRIED CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS IN 21st CENTURY JAPAN: How are Patrilineal Tradition and Marriage Changing? | By Reiko Yamato INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MARRIED CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS IN 21st CENTURY JAPAN: How are Patrilineal Tradition and Marriage Changing? | By Reiko Yamato
Merry White

THE ANATOMY OF LONELINESS: Suicide, Social Connection, and the Search for Relational Meaning in Contemporary Japan | By Chikako Ozawa-de Silva THE ANATOMY OF LONELINESS: Suicide, Social Connection, and the Search for Relational Meaning in Contemporary Japan | By Chikako Ozawa-de Silva
Masaki Ichinose

WHEN NEWS TRAVELS EAST: Translation Practices by Japanese Newspapers | By Kayo Matsushita WHEN NEWS TRAVELS EAST: Translation Practices by Japanese Newspapers | By Kayo Matsushita
Laurie Freeman

YASUKUNI FUNDAMENTALISM: Japanese Religions and the Politics of Restoration | By Mark R. Mullins YASUKUNI FUNDAMENTALISM: Japanese Religions and the Politics of Restoration | By Mark R. Mullins
Jeff Kingston

PRISONERS OF THE EMPIRE: Inside Japanese POW Camps | By Sarah Kovner PRISONERS OF THE EMPIRE: Inside Japanese POW Camps | By Sarah Kovner
Michael Sturma

KOREA: A History | By Eugene Y. Park KOREA: A History | By Eugene Y. Park
Gabor Sebo

KOREAN “COMFORT WOMEN”: Military Brothels, Brutality, and the Redress Movement | By Pyong Gap Min KOREAN “COMFORT WOMEN”: Military Brothels, Brutality, and the Redress Movement | By Pyong Gap Min
Patrick Hein

South Asia & the Himalayas

FROM FAMILY TO POLICE FORCE: Security and Belonging on a South Asian Border | By Farhana Ibrahim FROM FAMILY TO POLICE FORCE: Security and Belonging on a South Asian Border | By Farhana Ibrahim
Santana Khanikar

IN THE NAME OF THE NATION: India and its Northeast | By Sanjib Baruah IN THE NAME OF THE NATION: India and its Northeast | By Sanjib Baruah
Anindita Ghoshal

THE HUNGER OF THE REPUBLIC: Our Present in Retrospect. India Since the 90s | Edited by Ashish Rajadhyaksha THE HUNGER OF THE REPUBLIC: Our Present in Retrospect. India Since the 90s | Edited by Ashish Rajadhyaksha
Benjamin Siegel

THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF EXCLUSION, INEQUALITY AND STIGMA IN INDIA | Edited by NMP Verma and Alpana Srivastava THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF EXCLUSION, INEQUALITY AND STIGMA IN INDIA | Edited by NMP Verma and Alpana Srivastava
Dag Erik Berg

VOICES OF DISSENT: An Essay | By Romila Thapar VOICES OF DISSENT: An Essay | By Romila Thapar
Neera Chandhoke

WAITING TOWN: Life in Transit and Mumbai’s Other World-Class Histories | By Lisa Björkman WAITING TOWN: Life in Transit and Mumbai’s Other World-Class Histories | By Lisa Björkman
Omkar Nadh Pattela

Southeast Asia

STRATEGIES OF AUTHORITARIAN SURVIVAL AND DISSENSUS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: Weak Men Versus Strongmen | By Sokphea Young STRATEGIES OF AUTHORITARIAN SURVIVAL AND DISSENSUS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: Weak Men Versus Strongmen | By Sokphea Young
John Sidel

WARRING VISIONS: Photography and Vietnam | By Thy Phu WARRING VISIONS: Photography and Vietnam | By Thy Phu
Meghan Tibbits-Lamirande

CONSTITUTIONAL BRICOLAGE: Thailand’s Sacred Monarchy vs. the Rule of Law | By Eugénie Mérieau CONSTITUTIONAL BRICOLAGE: Thailand’s Sacred Monarchy vs. the Rule of Law | By Eugénie Mérieau
Paul Chambers

SOVEREIGN NECROPOLIS: The Politics of Death in Semi-Colonial Siam | By Trais Pearson SOVEREIGN NECROPOLIS: The Politics of Death in Semi-Colonial Siam | By Trais Pearson
Patrick Jory

THE HARD STATE, SOFT CITY OF SINGAPORE | Edited by Simone Shu-Yeng Chung, Mike Douglass THE HARD STATE, SOFT CITY OF SINGAPORE | Edited by Simone Shu-Yeng Chung, Mike Douglass
Susan S. Fainstein

INDONESIANS AND THEIR ARAB WORLD: Guided Mobility among Labor Migrants and Mecca Pilgrims | By Mirjam Lücking INDONESIANS AND THEIR ARAB WORLD: Guided Mobility among Labor Migrants and Mecca Pilgrims | By Mirjam Lücking
Hera Oktadiana

PLANTATION LIFE: Corporate Occupation in Indonesia’s Oil Palm Zone | By Tania Murray Li and Pujo Semedi PLANTATION LIFE: Corporate Occupation in Indonesia’s Oil Palm Zone | By Tania Murray Li and Pujo Semedi
Shofwan Al Banna Choiruzzad

TORTURE AND PEACEBUILDING IN INDONESIA: The Case of Papua | By Budi Hernawan TORTURE AND PEACEBUILDING IN INDONESIA: The Case of Papua | By Budi Hernawan
Michael Main

Australasia & the Pacific Islands

THEORY IN THE PACIFIC, THE PACIFIC IN THEORY: Archaeological Perspectives | Edited by Tim Thomas THEORY IN THE PACIFIC, THE PACIFIC IN THEORY: Archaeological Perspectives | Edited by Tim Thomas
Jean Kennedy

HANDBOOK OF GOVERNANCE IN SMALL STATES | Edited by Lino Briguglio, Jessica Byron, Stefano Moncada, Wouter Veenendaal HANDBOOK OF GOVERNANCE IN SMALL STATES | Edited by Lino Briguglio, Jessica Byron, Stefano Moncada, Wouter Veenendaal
David Fazzino

OBJECTS AS INSIGHTS: R. H. Codrington’s Ethnographic Collections from Melanesia | By Nick Stanley OBJECTS AS INSIGHTS: R. H. Codrington’s Ethnographic Collections from Melanesia | By Nick Stanley
Roderick Ewins

THE NEW PORT MORESBY: Gender, Space, and Belonging in Urban Papua New Guinea | By Ceridwen Spark THE NEW PORT MORESBY: Gender, Space, and Belonging in Urban Papua New Guinea | By Ceridwen Spark
Barbara Andersen

ANCESTRAL PRESENCE: Cosmology and Historical Experience in the Papuan Highlands | By Eric Hirsch ANCESTRAL PRESENCE: Cosmology and Historical Experience in the Papuan Highlands | By Eric Hirsch
Dario Di Rosa