Pacific Affairs

Volume 96 – No. 3

September 2023

Articles

Governing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia: Shifting Capacity under a Fragmented Political Leadership

Governing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia: Shifting Capacity under a Fragmented Political Leadership
Por Heong Hong

Presidential Personality and Foreign Policy Decision-Making: The Sunshine Policy under Kim Dae-jung (1998–2003)

Presidential Personality and Foreign Policy Decision-Making: The Sunshine Policy under Kim Dae-jung (1998–2003)
Shin Yon Kim

Perspectives

Fiji’s 2022 Election: The Defeat of the Politics of Fear

Fiji’s 2022 Election: The Defeat of the Politics of Fear
Jon Fraenkel

“Ambiguous” Network Monarchy as Problematic Euphoric Couplet

“Ambiguous” Network Monarchy as Problematic Euphoric Couplet
Yoshinori Nishizaki

Special Section

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Review Essays

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Critical Dialogues

Enacting the Security Community: ASEAN’s Never-ending Story by Stéphanie Martel // Managing Great Power Politics: ASEAN, Institutional Strategy, and the South China Sea by Kei Koga Enacting the Security Community: ASEAN’s Never-ending Story by Stéphanie Martel // Managing Great Power Politics: ASEAN, Institutional Strategy, and the South China Sea by Kei Koga
Kei Koga and Stéphanie Martel

Film Reviews

NINGWASUM | Directed by Subash Thebe Limbu NINGWASUM | Directed by Subash Thebe Limbu
Amrit Tamang

Book Reviews

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

Asia General

SETTLER GARRISON: Debt Imperialism, Militarism, and Transpacific Imaginaries | By Jodi Kim SETTLER GARRISON: Debt Imperialism, Militarism, and Transpacific Imaginaries | By Jodi Kim
Jim Glassman

GLOBAL EASTS: Remembering, Imagining, Mobilizing | By Jie-Hyun Lim GLOBAL EASTS: Remembering, Imagining, Mobilizing | By Jie-Hyun Lim
Beng Huat Chua

CONTEMPORARY PRACTICES OF CITIZENSHIP IN ASIA AND THE WEST: Care of the Self | Edited by Gregory Bracken CONTEMPORARY PRACTICES OF CITIZENSHIP IN ASIA AND THE WEST: Care of the Self | Edited by Gregory Bracken
Woojong Moon

PUBLIC HEALTH IN ASIA DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: Global Health Governance, Migrant Labour, and International Health Crises | Edited by Anoma P. van der Veere, Florian Schneider, and Catherine Yuk-ping Lo PUBLIC HEALTH IN ASIA DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: Global Health Governance, Migrant Labour, and International Health Crises | Edited by Anoma P. van der Veere, Florian Schneider, and Catherine Yuk-ping Lo
Diego Fossati

China & Inner Asia

CHINA AFTER MAO: The Rise of a Superpower | By Frank Dikötter CHINA AFTER MAO: The Rise of a Superpower | By Frank Dikötter
Norbert Francis

THE RISE OF CHINA’S INDUSTRIAL POLICY 1978 TO 2020 | By Barry Naughton THE RISE OF CHINA’S INDUSTRIAL POLICY 1978 TO 2020 | By Barry Naughton
Carsten Holz

USEFUL BULLSHIT: Constitutions in Chinese Politics and Society | By Neil J. Diamant USEFUL BULLSHIT: Constitutions in Chinese Politics and Society | By Neil J. Diamant
Joshua Hill

DWELLING IN THE WORLD: Family, House, and Home in Tianjin, China, 1860–1960 | By Elizabeth LaCouture DWELLING IN THE WORLD: Family, House, and Home in Tianjin, China, 1860–1960 | By Elizabeth LaCouture
Zhang Yun

LOCAL POLITICS AND SOCIAL POLICY IN CHINA: Let Some Get Healthy First | By Kerry E. Ratigan LOCAL POLITICS AND SOCIAL POLICY IN CHINA: Let Some Get Healthy First | By Kerry E. Ratigan
Jiwei Qian

INTERNATIONALIST AESTHETICS: China and Early Soviet Culture | By Edward Tyerman INTERNATIONALIST AESTHETICS: China and Early Soviet Culture | By Edward Tyerman
Anna Belogurova

Northeast Asia

JAPANESE DIASPORA AND MIGRATION RECONSIDERED | By Yvonne Siemann JAPANESE DIASPORA AND MIGRATION RECONSIDERED | By Yvonne Siemann
Chigusa Yamaura

REVITALIZATION AND INTERNAL COLONIALISM IN RURAL JAPAN | By Timo Thelen REVITALIZATION AND INTERNAL COLONIALISM IN RURAL JAPAN | By Timo Thelen
Patricia L. Maclachlan

GENTLEMAN SAMURAI AND INTERNATIONALIST: The Life and Trials of Ambassador Satō Naotake, 1882–1971 | By Greg Gubler GENTLEMAN SAMURAI AND INTERNATIONALIST: The Life and Trials of Ambassador Satō Naotake, 1882–1971 | By Greg Gubler
Sherzod Muminov

THE COURTEOUS POWER: Japan and Southeast Asia in the Indo-Pacific Era | Edited by John D. Ciorciari and Kiyoteru Tsutsui THE COURTEOUS POWER: Japan and Southeast Asia in the Indo-Pacific Era | Edited by John D. Ciorciari and Kiyoteru Tsutsui
Peng Er Lam

POPULAR CULTURE AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF JAPAN-KOREA RELATIONS | Edited by Rumi Sakamoto and Stephen Epstein POPULAR CULTURE AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF JAPAN-KOREA RELATIONS | Edited by Rumi Sakamoto and Stephen Epstein
Meredith Shaw

KOREATOWN, LOS ANGELES: Immigration, Race, and the “American Dream” | By Shelley Sang-Hee Lee KOREATOWN, LOS ANGELES: Immigration, Race, and the “American Dream” | By Shelley Sang-Hee Lee
Kyeyoung Park

HERE COMES THE FLOOD: Perspectives of Gender, Sexuality, and Stereotype in the Korean Wave | Edited by Marcy L. Tanter and Moisés Park HERE COMES THE FLOOD: Perspectives of Gender, Sexuality, and Stereotype in the Korean Wave | Edited by Marcy L. Tanter and Moisés Park
Jungmin Kwon

MOVIE MINORITIES: Transnational Rights Advocacy and South Korean Cinema | By Hye Seung Chung, David Scott Diffrient MOVIE MINORITIES: Transnational Rights Advocacy and South Korean Cinema | By Hye Seung Chung, David Scott Diffrient
Chi-Yun Shin

NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS IN DIASPORA: Identities, Mobilities, and Resettlements | Edited by Haeran Shin NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS IN DIASPORA: Identities, Mobilities, and Resettlements | Edited by Haeran Shin
Hojeong Lee

South Asia & the Himalayas

CAPTURING INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE: The Case of the Right to Information Act in India | By Himanshu Jha CAPTURING INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE: The Case of the Right to Information Act in India | By Himanshu Jha
Rob Jenkins

NARROW FAIRWAYS: Getting By & Falling Behind in the New India | By Patrick Inglis NARROW FAIRWAYS: Getting By & Falling Behind in the New India | By Patrick Inglis
Ganeshdatta Poddar

ANTI-CHRISTIAN VIOLENCE IN INDIA | By Chad M. Bauman ANTI-CHRISTIAN VIOLENCE IN INDIA | By Chad M. Bauman
M. Christhu Doss

BOMBAY BROKERS | Edited by Lisa Björkman BOMBAY BROKERS | Edited by Lisa Björkman
Amogh Dhar Sharma

REPRODUCTIVE POLITICS AND THE MAKING OF MODERN INDIA | By Mytheli Sreenivas REPRODUCTIVE POLITICS AND THE MAKING OF MODERN INDIA | By Mytheli Sreenivas
Rishita Nandagiri

BOMBAY HUSTLE: Making Movies in a Colonial City | By Debashree Mukherjee BOMBAY HUSTLE: Making Movies in a Colonial City | By Debashree Mukherjee
Anup Kumar

OUT OF LINE AND OFFLINE: Queer Mobilizations in ’90s Eastern India | By Pawan Dhall OUT OF LINE AND OFFLINE: Queer Mobilizations in ’90s Eastern India | By Pawan Dhall
Rittika Dasgupta

NINGWASUM | Directed by Subash Thebe Limbu NINGWASUM | Directed by Subash Thebe Limbu
Amrit Tamang

Southeast Asia

THE PROTECTION OF REFUGEES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: A Legal Fiction? | By Sébastien Moretti THE PROTECTION OF REFUGEES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: A Legal Fiction? | By Sébastien Moretti
Natasha Yacoub

POSTCOLONIAL HANGUPS IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN CINEMA: Poetics of Space, Sound, and Stability | By Gerald Sim POSTCOLONIAL HANGUPS IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN CINEMA: Poetics of Space, Sound, and Stability | By Gerald Sim
Mary Jane Ainslie

SAFE MIGRATION AND THE POLITICS OF BROKERED SAFETY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA | By Sverre Molland SAFE MIGRATION AND THE POLITICS OF BROKERED SAFETY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA | By Sverre Molland
Carli Melo

RIOTING FOR REPRESENTATION: Local Ethnic Mobilization in Democratizing Countries | By Risa J. Toha RIOTING FOR REPRESENTATION: Local Ethnic Mobilization in Democratizing Countries | By Risa J. Toha
Ashutosh Varshney

AMNESIA: A History of Democratic Idealism in Modern Thailand | By Arjun Subrahmanyan AMNESIA: A History of Democratic Idealism in Modern Thailand | By Arjun Subrahmanyan
Puangthong R. Pawakapan

INTERNATIONAL NORMS AND LOCAL POLITICS IN MYANMAR | By Yukiko Nishikawa INTERNATIONAL NORMS AND LOCAL POLITICS IN MYANMAR | By Yukiko Nishikawa
Roger Lee Huang

MYANMAR’S BUDDHIST-MUSLIM CRISIS: Rohingya, Arakanese, and Burmese Narratives of Siege and Fear | By John Clifford Holt MYANMAR’S BUDDHIST-MUSLIM CRISIS: Rohingya, Arakanese, and Burmese Narratives of Siege and Fear | By John Clifford Holt
Nicholas Farrelly

WAR AND RESISTANCE IN THE PHILIPPINES, 1942–1944 | By James Kelly Morningstar WAR AND RESISTANCE IN THE PHILIPPINES, 1942–1944 | By James Kelly Morningstar
Ricardo T. Jose

Australasia & the Pacific Islands

TOWARDS AN ANTHROPOLOGY OF WEALTH: Imagination, Substance, Value | Edited by Theodoros Rakopoulos and Knut Rio TOWARDS AN ANTHROPOLOGY OF WEALTH: Imagination, Substance, Value | Edited by Theodoros Rakopoulos and Knut Rio
Susanne Kuehling

RADIATION SOUNDS: Marshallese Music and Nuclear Silences | By Jessica A. Schwartz RADIATION SOUNDS: Marshallese Music and Nuclear Silences | By Jessica A. Schwartz
Ola Gunhildrud Berta

SUVA STORIES: A History of the Capital of Fiji | Edited by Nicholas Halter SUVA STORIES: A History of the Capital of Fiji | Edited by Nicholas Halter
Sina Emde

SHE SPEAKS HER ANGER: MYTHS AND CONVERSATIONS OF GIMI WOMEN: A Psychological Ethnography in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea | By Gillian Gillison SHE SPEAKS HER ANGER: MYTHS AND CONVERSATIONS OF GIMI WOMEN: A Psychological Ethnography in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea | By Gillian Gillison
Frederick H. Damon