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Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · 1d

Shiro Armstrong and Liam Gammon's Perspectives piece, "Why 'Temu Trumpism' Failed in Australia: Labour’s Landslide Victory and the Pro-Globalization Consensus," will be available to read in our December issue of Pacific Affairs. Read the abstract early here: tinyurl.com/8u4r483h

Why “Temu Trumpism” Failed in Australia: Labour’s Landslide Victory and the Pro-Globalization Consensus

Why Australia did not become a populist led country like the USA

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Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know that all Holland Prize papers are available open access on our website? Subjects from Mall Christianity to Hydropower Dams in Cambodia and everything in between are covered. Check it out! pacificaffairs.ubc.ca/about/hollan...

Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · 7d

Pacific Affairs has just accepted another article for the December issue. "Historical Lessons from Japanese-Russian Trade" by Andrey V. Belov. Abstract can be viewed here: pacificaffairs.ubc.ca/articles/his...

Historical Lessons from Japanese-Russian Trade

This article examines 150 years of trade between Japan and Russia, identifying common structural features, factors contributing to uneven dynamics, and lessons for addressing the current trade and eco...

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Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · 8d

Pacific Affairs would like to welcome a new member to the Editorial Team, Joan Cho of Wesleyan University. We look forward to working with Joan over the coming years and benefiting from her expertise. Welcome Joan!

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Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · 16d

Interested in K-pop? Our forthcoming article "Fandom Makes the World Go Round: Institutional Entrepreneurship and Cultural Translation among Hallyu Fans" by Irina Lyan and Nissim Otmazgin investigates the roles the fans play in the circulation of Korean popular culture. tinyurl.com/yc7fmcyb

Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · 21d

Elvin Ong's article "Valence Rules: Explaining Opposition Party Performance in Singapore’s 2025 General Elections" is now available on the Fast Track tab on our online provider's platform, Ingenta Connect
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Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · 21d

Charles W. Hayford's book review of "Chen Hansheng: China’s Last Romantic Revolutionary" by Stephen R. MacKinnon highlights the author's effort to examine Chen's intellectual contribution to the Marxist analysis of Chinese society. tinyurl.com/mr2d9dfh

Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · 22d

Check out Dongxian Jiang's book review of "The Future of China's Past: Reflections on the Meaning of China’s Rise" by Albert Welter at tinyurl.com/4rbmremv

Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · 28d

Curious about scholars' view on the 1989 protest in Beijing? Check out Yang Zhang's book review of "Deadly Decision in Beijing: Succession Politics, Protest Repression, and the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre" by Yang Su at tinyurl.com/2t9bzt49.

Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · 29d

22 new book reviews have been uploaded to our Forthcoming Page - something for everyone! pacificaffairs.ubc.ca/issues/forth...

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Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · Sep 8

Check out Chigusa Yamaura's book review of "Chinese Marriages in Transition: From Patriarchy to New Familism" by Xiaoling Shu and Jingjing Chen if you are interested in the scholarship on marital and familial transformations in Chinese society at tinyurl.com/yeks7z88

Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · Aug 27

Perspectives from issue 98.2 "Democratic Resilience and Vulnerability in South Korea: Lessons from South Korea's 2024-2025 Constitutional Crisis" by Jong Hee Park provides insights on democracy and conspiracies. Full text available to subscribers on IngentaConnect!Abstract to everyone bit.ly/44gOLeu

Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · Aug 26

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Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · Aug 26

What do marmots and economic policy have in common? Find out when you read the full text of Hyung-Gu Lynn's review essay "Peaks of Policy Analysis: Six National Cases in Asia and the Pacific" tinyurl.com/mryuvwdp @hlynn5.bsky.social ky.social ‬@howlettm.bsky.social ky.social‬

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Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · Aug 25

Christina Lai's "China's Historical Statecraft: The Construction of Lost Territories in Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island, Taiwan, and the South China Sea" documents how the Chinese government views and approaches its territories amidst geopolitical tumult. bit.ly/4jWtawu @christinalai.bsky.social

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Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · Aug 21

Curious about Japanese diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific region? Check out Noriyuki Segawa's article "Japan’s FOIP-based Diplomacy Toward the Pacific Islands Region" examining the complexity of Japan's diplomatic strategies. Full text for subscribers tinyurl.com/4uxxhkpy

Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · Aug 12

Toshiko Tsujimoto's "Deterring the Right to Justice: Structural Coercion and the Trafficking of Filipino Female Entertainers in South Korea" contributes to the discussion on prostitution and trafficking. Full text available for subscribers on IngentaConnect. Abstract for everyone: bit.ly/4jXXSW4

Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · Aug 12

Congratulations to Nicholas Kuipers, Risa Toha and Nathanael Sumaktoyo for their article "Third Time’s the Charm: The Youth Vote and Prabowo’s Victory in the 2024 Indonesian Presidential Election" being shortlisted for the Holland Prize by our Editorial Board. Check it out at tinyurl.com/33yvtw7k.

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Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · Aug 8

Full text of Walid Jumblatt Bin Abdullah's article "Flight to Quality and a New Prime Minister’s Mandate: Singapore’s 2025 General Election" from our forthcoming issue is available on Fast Track for subscribers: tinyurl.com/yfr5dunv. Abstract is free for everyone on our website!

Flight to Quality and a New Prime Minister’s Mandate: Singapore’s 2025 General Election

The 2025 General Election (GE) in Singapore returned the People’s Action Party (PAP) to power, with 65.57% of the vote share, an increase of more than 4% from 2020. The election took place amidst glob...

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Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · Aug 7

In "Gerrymandering and its Effects in Singapore's 2025 General Elections," Netina Tan unearths discrepencies in the country's recent polling day. Subscribers can read the article early in the Fast Track tab here: tinyurl.com/2ks96sfd

Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · Aug 7

In "The "Hub-and-Spokes Plus Model": A Case Study of AUKUS in the Indo-Pacific," Tayyaba Jaffery and Muhammad Shoaib Pervez explore the unprecedented rise of China's politico-economic prowess across fraught international relations. Full text for subscribers in the Fast Track tab tinyurl.com/22caryyc

Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · Aug 5

Insub Mah and Yunmin Nam's article "Democracy Isn’t Enough for Redistribution: Welfare Stagnation and Labour Weakening in South Korea and Taiwan" is available in full for subscribers in the Fast Track tab tinyurl.com/5fcjv2nd. It explores the lasting consequences of democracy on industrialization.

Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · Aug 5

Yasuo Takao's article "Underrepresentation of Women in Japanese Politics with Comparative Reference to Taiwan" from our forthcoming issue examines the differences in women's political representation between the two regions. Check out the abstract on our website tinyurl.com/b4udpv44

Underrepresentation of Women in Japanese Politics with Comparative Reference to Taiwan

A comparative analysis of Japan’s lower house in the National Diet and Taiwan’s unicameral legislature. Both adopted mixed-member majoritarian (MMM) electoral systems. Discusses the “Japanese puzzle,”...

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Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · Aug 1

Full text of Mai Truong's "Perceived Protest Efficacy: How Economic and Diplomatic Ties with China Influence Support for Anti-China Protests Over South China Sea Disputes" is now available on IngentaConnect for subscribers: tinyurl.com/32jrxsta

Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · Jul 31

Curious about Japanese diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific region? Check out Noriyuki Segawa's article "Japan’s FOIP-based Diplomacy Toward the Pacific Islands Region" examining the complexity of Japan's diplomatic strategies. Subscribers can find the full text on here tinyurl.com/4uxxhkpy