The Pacific Review

In our latest issue, Won Geun Choi and Min-Hee Jeong compare the role of civil society in influencing refugee policies in Japan and South Korea. ⤵️ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

In our July issue, Lisha Chen and Baohui Zhang argue that rather than hedging or balancing, #Taiwan has adopted a dual-track approach toward #China that combines hard balancing with economic cooperation. ⤵️ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

In our latest issue, Xuan Dung Phan explains that #Vietnam’s hedging amidst US-China rivalry in the #Mekong aims to limit its exposure to non-traditional security risks including ecological damage, water and energy insecurity, and economic vulnerabilities. bit.ly/TPR_PhanD_0725

In this new open access (🔓) article, Viet Dung Trinh unpacks #Vietnam’s nuanced securitization of China’s assertiveness in the South China Sea. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

In this new paper, Qing Lu and Ravichandran Moorthy assess #Malaysia’s strategic responses to the intensifying United States–China semiconductor rivalry as a critical node in the supply chain. ⤵️ bit.ly/TPR_LuQ_0725

In our July issue, Raymond Yamamoto and Hironori Sasada explain the role of #Japan's Ministry of the Environment in restricting support for coal-fired power plant exports, despite continued high demand from overseas. ⤵️ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

In this new article, @joy_shuxian_luo explains how #China is leveraging #Russia’s ties with India to prevent a closer United States-India alignment, while pressuring Russia to limit its collaboration with Vietnam in the South China Sea. bit.ly/TPR_LuoS_0725

New publication: Happy to share my latest journal article in The Pacific Review. First 50 people to click this link get a free copy: tandfonline.com/eprint/6J2SBD9…

From contest to convergence in East Asia: why do regional challengers end up resembling incumbent institutions? bit.ly/TPR_GrimesW_06… Read this new article by @lee_yaechan92 and @WilliamWGrimes ⤵️

In this paper from our latest issue, Pascal Abb, @SawKyawZinKhay, @IndraOverland and @RVakulchuk demonstrate through the case of post-coup #Myanmar how China’s Belt and Road Initiative (#BRI) is shaped by local interests and circumstances. ⤵️ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Our fourth issue of 2025 (Vol. 38, Issue 4) is out! 📖 Take a first look at the line-up here: bit.ly/PacificReview3…

In this new article, @munvong, @sovinda_po, and Manghout Ki offer insights into the status-seeking of small authoritarian states, asking how #Cambodia seeks a favourable international image to boost the political legitimacy of the ruling party at home. bit.ly/TPR_VongM_0625

My article on the Sino-Russian alignment is out in @ReviewPacific. I argue that Moscow and Beijing converged not because of external threats or regime insecurity, but when these two dangers combined. A short 🧵(1/4) tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

In this new article, Falin Zhang, Mingzhen Yang and Inesta Brunel Lendzoumbou assess competing US and Chinese visions of power in Africa: a more structured, compliance-oriented US-led alliance system versus a more flexible, informal, China-led network. ⤵️ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

In this new article, @A_Matovski argues that the partnership between #China and #Russia is “best understood as a three-level game, where the two dictatorships leverage their international actions and mutual relations to secure their power domestically.” ⤵️ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

In our latest issue, @hesnata1 and @Hzr_Ayse argue intensifying global competition between China and the US has led China to pursue a strategic ‘outbidding’ strategy in the #Gulf region—offering economic, military, and technological incentives. ⤵️ bit.ly/480C5YZ

In this open access (🔓) paper from our latest issue, Mathew Doidge and Serena Kelly (@kelly_ncre) unpack discourses on #China in the news media in Pacific Island states, and examine the influence of these discourses on local reporting. ⤵️ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New open access (🔓) article: @yaguerika and @hmberents argue that understandings of #peace and security in Southeast Asia can be enhanced via a focus on the overlooked role of #youth and shifting relationships between youth and institutions. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

In our May issue, Xinlei Zhao argues that the artificial intelligence (#AI) policies of Southeast Asian states amid intensifying US-China competition represent a complex form of technological hedging. bit.ly/4eKNY7q

In our latest issue, @SatakeTomohiko argues that differing threat perceptions of China explain why Australia-Japan security cooperation is more developed than Japan-South Korea security cooperation in terms of scope and the degree of institutionalization. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…