Politics, Security and Society in Asia Pacific
About the Book Series
This series welcomes comparative and interdisciplinary research in the fields of politics, economics, contemporary social issues, security and human rights in Asia Pacific.
The History of Manchuria, 1840-1948: A Sino-Russo-Japanese Triangle
1st Edition
By Ian Nish
June 01, 2026
In A History of Manchuria, Ian Nish describes the turbulent times which the three Northeastern Provinces of China experienced in the last two centuries. The site of three serious wars in 1894, 1904 and 1919, the territory rarely enjoyed peace though its economy progressed because of the building of...
US-Japan Human Rights Diplomacy Post 1945: Trafficking, Debates, Outcomes and Documents
1st Edition
By Roger Buckley
June 01, 2026
Comprising two volumes, this is a pioneering study which examines how the United States has deployed public diplomacy with Japan to confront Japanese sexual and labour trafficking, while also charting the successes and failures of the US’s own record on anti-trafficking practices at home and abroad...
Factional-Ideological Conflicts in Chinese Politics: To the Left or to the Right?
1st Edition
By Olivia Cheung
January 10, 2026
This book reconstructs the factional-ideological conflicts surrounding socialist transformation and political reform in China that were played out through ‘factional model-making’, a norm-bound mechanism for elites of the Chinese Communist Party to contest the party line publicly. Dazhai, Anhui, ...
China’s Naval Operations in the South China Sea: Evaluating Legal, Strategic and Military Factors
1st Edition
By Bruce Elleman
December 01, 2025
This book provides a history of the South China Sea conflict and lays out the stakes for each of the bordering states and China’s interaction with them – namely, Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Indonesia; it also examines the U.S. government’s role in the region. China’s ...
Japanese Ceremonial for Western Diplomats Attending Shogunal Castle Audiences, 1857-1867
1st Edition
By Mayuko Sano
December 01, 2025
The formal diplomatic relations between Japan and Western nations dawned when the first American consul-general Townsend Harris was received by the thirteenth Tokugawa shogun Iesada at Edo castle in 1857. This work unveils the seventeen castle audiences for Western envoys carried out by the ...
Public Diplomacy in Ireland and Japan
1st Edition
By John Neary
December 01, 2025
Public diplomacy enables private citizens to be involved in international relations either through initiatives sponsored by governments or through direct people-to-people contacts in areas such as culture, business, education, tourism and sport. Public Diplomacy in Ireland and Japan traces the ...
The Abe Experiment and the Future of Japan: Don’t Repeat History
1st Edition
By Junji Banno, Jiro Yamaguchi
December 01, 2025
With an author’s foreword written on the day that the Abe cabinet decided to ‘revise the Japanese Constitution by reinterpretation’ (Tuesday, 1 July 2014), this timely examination of Japan’s post-war history by two leading historians committed to democratic politics is highly instructive and ...
The State of the Japanese State: Contested Identity, Direction and Role
1st Edition
By Gavan McCormack
December 01, 2025
In this his latest work, Gavan McCormack argues that Abe Shinzo’s efforts to re-engineer the Japanese state may fail, but his radicalism continues to shake the country and will have consequences not easy now to predict. The significance of this book will be widely recognized, particularly by those ...
Competing Nationalisms in China’s Borderlands: State Integration, Ethnic Separatism and Foreign Involvement
1st Edition
By Chien-peng Chung
August 28, 2025
This book endeavors to provide a balanced analytical treatment of ethnic nationalists, state leaders, and foreign intervenors in China's frontier politics, explaining systematically the circumstances of their entanglements, and traces in detail the underlying and lasting causes and effects of their...
Soeda and the Making of Modern Japan: Power, Religion and Industry in Northern Kyushu
1st Edition
By Ian Neary
June 25, 2025
Soeda’s story provides insights into the last thousand years of Japanese history. It was the location of a strategically important castle, Ganjakujo, from the twelfth century until its destruction by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1587. Ganjakujo controlled access to Mt Hiko which was the most important ...