Pacific Affairs

Volume 96 – No. 4

December 2023

Articles

Food Security or Food Sovereignty? Agricultural Technology Reforms after the Famine in North Korea

Food Security or Food Sovereignty? Agricultural Technology Reforms after the Famine in North Korea
Harumi Kobayashi and Jae-Jung Suh

Multicultural at the Meso-Level: Governing Diversity within the Family in South Korea

Multicultural at the Meso-Level: Governing Diversity within the Family in South Korea
Darcie Draudt-Véjares

Perspectives

Mutual Perceptions and China-South Korea Relations: A Comparative Study of the Academic Literature

Mutual Perceptions and China-South Korea Relations: A Comparative Study of the Academic Literature
See-Won Byun

India’s Democracy: The Competitive Authoritarian Propensity?

India’s Democracy: The Competitive Authoritarian Propensity?
Rahul Mukherji and Seyed Hossein Zarhani

Special Section

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Review Essays

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Critical Dialogues

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Film Reviews

BLACK BAUHINIA | Written, produced and directed by Malte Philipp Kaeding, co-produced by Dr. Hippo BLACK BAUHINIA | Written, produced and directed by Malte Philipp Kaeding, co-produced by Dr. Hippo
Helena Wu

MYANMAR DIARIES | By Myanmar Film Collective \\ PADAUK: Myanmar Spring | A film by Jeanne Marie Hallacy and Rares Michael Ghilezan.MYANMAR DIARIES | By Myanmar Film Collective \\ PADAUK: Myanmar Spring | A film by Jeanne Marie Hallacy and Rares Michael Ghilezan.
Htet Thiha Zaw

Book Reviews

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

Asia General

DANCING ON BONES: History and Power in China, Russia, and North Korea | By Katie Stallard DANCING ON BONES: History and Power in China, Russia, and North Korea | By Katie Stallard
Tracey Fallon

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON CHINA’S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE: Asserting Agency through Regional Connectivity | Edited by Florian Schneider GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON CHINA’S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE: Asserting Agency through Regional Connectivity | Edited by Florian Schneider
Xue Gong

GREAT POWER COMPETITION AND ORDER BUILDING IN THE INDO-PACIFIC: Towards a New Indo-Pacific Equilibrium | By Frederick Kliem GREAT POWER COMPETITION AND ORDER BUILDING IN THE INDO-PACIFIC: Towards a New Indo-Pacific Equilibrium | By Frederick Kliem
David Brewster

China & Inner Asia

CHINA’S GRAND STRATEGY: A Roadmap to Global Power? | Edited by David B. H. Denoon CHINA’S GRAND STRATEGY: A Roadmap to Global Power? | Edited by David B. H. Denoon
Ping Deng

DANGER ZONE: The Coming Conflict with China | By Hal Brands, Michael Beckley DANGER ZONE: The Coming Conflict with China | By Hal Brands, Michael Beckley
Vasilis Trigkas

ON DANGEROUS GROUND: America’s Century in the South China Sea | By Gregory B. Poling ON DANGEROUS GROUND: America’s Century in the South China Sea | By Gregory B. Poling
Ralf Emmers

SEEKING WESTERN MEN: Email-Order Brides under China’s Global Rise | By Monica Liu SEEKING WESTERN MEN: Email-Order Brides under China’s Global Rise | By Monica Liu
Linying Hu

BLACK BAUHINIA | Written, produced and directed by Malte Philipp Kaeding, co-produced by Dr. Hippo BLACK BAUHINIA | Written, produced and directed by Malte Philipp Kaeding, co-produced by Dr. Hippo
Helena Wu

Northeast Asia

CITIZENS, IMMIGRANTS, AND THE STATELESS: A Japanese American Diaspora in the Pacific | By Michael R. Jin CITIZENS, IMMIGRANTS, AND THE STATELESS: A Japanese American Diaspora in the Pacific | By Michael R. Jin
Petrice R. Flowers

ELEVEN WINTERS OF DISCONTENT: The Siberian Internment and the Making of a New Japan | By Sherzod Muminov ELEVEN WINTERS OF DISCONTENT: The Siberian Internment and the Making of a New Japan | By Sherzod Muminov
Tatiana Linkhoeva

INGLORIOUS, ILLEGAL BASTARDS: Japan’s Self-Defense Force during the Cold War | By Aaron Herald Skabelund INGLORIOUS, ILLEGAL BASTARDS: Japan’s Self-Defense Force during the Cold War | By Aaron Herald Skabelund
Saya Kiba

THE LOGIC OF COMPRESSED MODERNITY | By Chang Kyung-Sup THE LOGIC OF COMPRESSED MODERNITY | By Chang Kyung-Sup
Sun-Ki Chai

MAKING PEACE WITH NATURE: Ecological Encounters along the Korean DMZ | By Eleana J. Kim MAKING PEACE WITH NATURE: Ecological Encounters along the Korean DMZ | By Eleana J. Kim
Chae-han Kim

CINE-MOBILITY: Twentieth-Century Transformations in Korea’s Film and Transportation | By Han Sang Kim CINE-MOBILITY: Twentieth-Century Transformations in Korea’s Film and Transportation | By Han Sang Kim
Chan Yong Bu

DIASPORIC HALLYU: The Korean Wave in Korean Canadian Youth Culture | By Kyong Yoon DIASPORIC HALLYU: The Korean Wave in Korean Canadian Youth Culture | By Kyong Yoon
Gooyong Kim

South Asia & the Himalayas

THE DIFFICULT POLITICS OF PEACE: Rivalry in Modern South Asia | By Christopher Clary THE DIFFICULT POLITICS OF PEACE: Rivalry in Modern South Asia | By Christopher Clary
Yelena Biberman

EMPIRE NEWS: The Anglo-Indian Press Writes India | By Priti Joshi EMPIRE NEWS: The Anglo-Indian Press Writes India | By Priti Joshi
Robin Jeffrey

AT RISK: Indian Sexual Politics and the Global AIDS Crisis | By Gowri Vijayakumar AT RISK: Indian Sexual Politics and the Global AIDS Crisis | By Gowri Vijayakumar
Bishnupriya Ghosh

MUMBAI TAXIMEN: Autobiographies and Automobilities in India | By Tarini Bedi MUMBAI TAXIMEN: Autobiographies and Automobilities in India | By Tarini Bedi
Abdul Shaban

BEING SINGLE IN INDIA: Stories of Gender, Exclusion, and Possibility | By Sarah Lamb BEING SINGLE IN INDIA: Stories of Gender, Exclusion, and Possibility | By Sarah Lamb
Shivani Gupta

THE CURIOUS TRAJECTORY OF CASTE IN WEST BENGAL POLITICS: Chronicling Continuity and Change | By Ayan Guha THE CURIOUS TRAJECTORY OF CASTE IN WEST BENGAL POLITICS: Chronicling Continuity and Change | By Ayan Guha
Pratick Mallick

ETHICAL ENCOUNTERS: Transnational Feminism, Human Rights, and War Cinema in Bangladesh | By Elora Halim Chowdhury ETHICAL ENCOUNTERS: Transnational Feminism, Human Rights, and War Cinema in Bangladesh | By Elora Halim Chowdhury
Gemini Wahhaj

JUNGLE PASSPORTS: Fences, Mobility, and Citizenship at the Northeast India-Bangladesh Border | By Malini Sur JUNGLE PASSPORTS: Fences, Mobility, and Citizenship at the Northeast India-Bangladesh Border | By Malini Sur
Saleh Shahriar

Southeast Asia

PATHWAYS FOR IRREGULAR FORCES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: Mitigating Violence with Non-State Armed Groups | Edited by Atsushi Yasutomi, Rosalie Arcala Hall, Saya Kiba PATHWAYS FOR IRREGULAR FORCES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: Mitigating Violence with Non-State Armed Groups | Edited by Atsushi Yasutomi, Rosalie Arcala Hall, Saya Kiba
Jemma Purdey

PRACTICING PEACE: Conflict Management in Southeast Asia and South America | By Aarie Glas PRACTICING PEACE: Conflict Management in Southeast Asia and South America | By Aarie Glas
Florian Weigand

NUMBER ONE REALIST: Bernard Fall and Vietnamese Revolutionary Warfare | By Nathaniel L. Moir NUMBER ONE REALIST: Bernard Fall and Vietnamese Revolutionary Warfare | By Nathaniel L. Moir
Eddie Lim

NARRATING DEMOCRACY IN MYANMAR: The Struggle between Activists, Democratic Leaders and Aid Workers | By Tamas Wells NARRATING DEMOCRACY IN MYANMAR: The Struggle between Activists, Democratic Leaders and Aid Workers | By Tamas Wells
Renaud Egreteau

COMMUNAL INTIMACY AND THE VIOLENCE OF POLITICS: Understanding the War on Drugs in Bagong Silang, Philippines | By Steffen Bo Jensen and Karl Hapal COMMUNAL INTIMACY AND THE VIOLENCE OF POLITICS: Understanding the War on Drugs in Bagong Silang, Philippines | By Steffen Bo Jensen and Karl Hapal
Tom Smith

MONETARY AUTHORITIES: Capitalism and Decolonization in the American Colonial Philippines | By Allan E. S. Lumba MONETARY AUTHORITIES: Capitalism and Decolonization in the American Colonial Philippines | By Allan E. S. Lumba
Katherine G. Lacson

MYANMAR DIARIES | By Myanmar Film Collective \\ PADAUK: Myanmar Spring | A film by Jeanne Marie Hallacy and Rares Michael Ghilezan.MYANMAR DIARIES | By Myanmar Film Collective \\ PADAUK: Myanmar Spring | A film by Jeanne Marie Hallacy and Rares Michael Ghilezan.
Htet Thiha Zaw

Australasia & the Pacific Islands

MOBILISING THE MASSES: Populist Conservative Movements in Australia and New Zealand During the Great Depression | By Matthew Cunningham MOBILISING THE MASSES: Populist Conservative Movements in Australia and New Zealand During the Great Depression | By Matthew Cunningham
Liz Ward

DECOLONIZING RESEARCH: Indigenous Storywork as Methodology | Edited by Jo-ann Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem, Jenny Bol Lee-Morgan, and Jason de Santolo, with a foreword by Linda Tuhiwai Smith DECOLONIZING RESEARCH: Indigenous Storywork as Methodology | Edited by Jo-ann Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem, Jenny Bol Lee-Morgan, and Jason de Santolo, with a foreword by Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Ashley Meredith

FIRE ON THE ISLAND: Fear, Hope and a Christian Revival in Vanuatu | By Tom Bratrud FIRE ON THE ISLAND: Fear, Hope and a Christian Revival in Vanuatu | By Tom Bratrud
John Barker

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Government, Economy and Society | Edited by Stephen Howes and Lekshmi N. Pillai PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Government, Economy and Society | Edited by Stephen Howes and Lekshmi N. Pillai
Penelope Schoeffel

THE GLOBAL ANTI-CORRUPTION REGIME: The Case of Papua New Guinea | By Hannah Harris THE GLOBAL ANTI-CORRUPTION REGIME: The Case of Papua New Guinea | By Hannah Harris
Rodolfo Maggio

LIKE FIRE: The Paliau Movement and Millenarianism in Melanesia | By Theodore Schwartz and Michael French Smith LIKE FIRE: The Paliau Movement and Millenarianism in Melanesia | By Theodore Schwartz and Michael French Smith
Jaap Timmer

WIVES AND WANDERERS IN A NEW GUINEA HIGHLANDS SOCIETY: Women’s Lives in the Wahgi Valley | By Marie Olive Reay WIVES AND WANDERERS IN A NEW GUINEA HIGHLANDS SOCIETY: Women’s Lives in the Wahgi Valley | By Marie Olive Reay
Michael O’Hanlon

TIK MERAUKE: An Epidemic Like No Other | By John Richens TIK MERAUKE: An Epidemic Like No Other | By John Richens
Hermann Mückler