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Asian Perspective Latest Issue
We are pleased to announce the publication of
Asian Perspective, volume 50, number 2 (Spring 2026) published by Johns Hopkins University Press for the Institute for Far Eastern Studies of Kyungnam University and made available online at Project Muse.
The issue is highlighted by a
Special Session on China in the MENA Region – Part 2.
This special session examines China’s relations with the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to address some of the problems of historical contextualization, assumptions of Chinese influence, and lack of data-driven analysis of existing studies on China’s relations with the Gulf Cooperation Council states. Articles in this issue—Part 2—include a study on Chinese investment in Turkey that highlights the flaws in existing FDI statistics and present a new dataset showing that, despite growth, China remains a minor player in Turkey and its firms are concentrated in low-value-added sectors, which is attributed primarily to Turkey’s structural weaknesses, including low labor quality, weak scientific infrastructure, and limited bureaucratic capacity; an examination of local agency through Huawei’s investments in Turkey; a study that traces how Jordan came to exclude Huawei from its 5G modernization program—a decision reflective of Jordan’s indirect bandwagoning behavior to meet US demands without openly antagonizing China; a critique of China’s MENA policy focusing on Iran’s rising importance in China’s strategy since Washington’s pivot to Asia, but nevertheless demonstrates how Beijing has avoided a decisively pro-Iranian stance due to deeper economic ties with Israel and the GCC; and an examination of the Uyghur question in China’s relations with MENA states, arguing how the issue is framed less as an issue of ethnic or religious freedom than as a geopolitical matter shaped by each country’s ties with Beijing.
The issue includes
regular submission articles that investigate the triadic deterrence and India’s and China’s counter-terrorism strategies toward Pakistan, as well as an examination of US extended deterrence for South Korea and the nonproliferation goal, suggesting Seoul’s need to contemplate alternatives including a controlled and limited proliferation. Our regular ‘Book Symposium’ features scholarly reviews and author’s response on Jeffrey Wasserstrom’s
The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia’s Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing (New York: Columbia Global Reports, 2025).
All back issues of the journal (from 1977 to 2026), including past special issues, are also available at Project Muse (https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/733).
Past special issues/sections of Asian Perspective
Special Issue/Section Titles 2024~1999
Guest Editor (Initiator)
Issue & link
Special Session on China and the MEAN Region – Part 2
(Burak Gürel)
Vol. 50, No. 2, Spring 2026
Special Session on China and the MEAN Region – Part 1
(Burak Gürel)
Vol. 50, No. 1, Winter 2026
Special Issue on Southeast Asia–Middle East Relations – Part 2
(Gürol Baba and Yew Meng Lai)
Vol. 49, No. 4, Fall 2025
Special Issue on Southeast Asia–Middle East Relations – Part 1
(Gürol Baba and Yew Meng Lai)
Vol. 49, No. 3, Summer 2025
Special Issue on Great Power Competition in the Indo-Pacific and Eurasia – Part 2
Brian C. H. Fong
Vol. 49, No. 2, Spring 2025
Special Issue on Great Power Competition in the Indo-Pacific and Eurasia – Part 1
Brian C. H. Fong
Vol. 49, No. 1, Winter 2025
Special Session on China’s Rise in Asia: China-Host Country Interactions and Transformations
Alvin Camba, Guanie Lim, and Victoria Chonn Ching
Vol 48, No. 3, Summer 2024
Special Issue on Infrastructure Connectivity in Europe with Chinese Characteristics—Part 2
Niall Duggan and Anges Szunomar
Vol. 48, No. 2, Spring 2024
Special Issue on Infrastructure Connectivity in Europe with Chinese Characteristics—Part 1
Niall Duggan and Anges Szunomar
Vol. 48, No. 1, Winter 2024
Special Session on China’s Rise in Asia: China-Host Country Interactions and Transformations
Alvin Camba, Guanie Lim, and Victoria Chonn Ching
Vol. 47, No. 4, Fall 2023
Special Session on Russia-China Relations
Sergey Radchenko
Vol. 47, No. 3, Summer 2023
Special Issue on US-China Strategic Competition in the Indo-Pacific – Part 2
(Hyun Ji Rim)
Vol. 47, No. 2, Spring 2023
Special Issue on US-China Strategic Competition in the Indo-Pacific – Part 1
(Hyun Ji Rim)
Vol. 47, No. 1, Winter 2023
Competing Powers & Southeast Asian Energy Futures: Infrastructure, Investment, and Development
(Jessica Liao)
Vol. 46, No. 1, Winter 2022
Southeast Asian Responses to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (Part II)
Cheng-Chwee Kuik
Vol. 45, No. 4, Spring 2021
Regional Communicative Dynamics and International Relations in the Asia-Pacific
(Chiyuki Aoi and Yee-Kuang Heng)
Vol. 45, No. 3, Summer 2021
Southeast Asian Responses to China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Cheng-Chwee Kuik
Vol. 45, No. 2, Spring 2021
US-China Relations in Crisis
(Carla P. Freeman and Mel Gurtov)
Vol. 45, No. 1, Winter 2021
The Cold War and Decolonization in East Asia
Chih-Yu Shih, Tze-Ki Hon, and Hok Yin Chan
Vol. 44. No. 2, Spring 2020
Power, Narratives, and the Role of Third Parties: Understanding Power (Shift) in East Asia
Mikael Weissmann and Mingjiang Li
Vol. 43, No. 2, Spring 2019
China’s Relations with Its Neighbors: Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Issues
Yafeng Xia
Vol. 42, No. 4, Oct.–Dec. 2018
Russia in the Asia Pacific
(Gaye Christoffersen)
Vol. 42, No. 3, July–Sept. 2018
New Developments in Chinese Foreign Policy
(Gregory J. Moore)
Vol. 42, No. 2, Apr.–June 2018
South Korea’s Rise in Comparative Perspective
Michael A. Morris and Xiaobo Hu
Vol. 41, No. 1, Jan.–Mar. 2017
The Political Economy of China-Latin America Investment Relations
Jean-Marc F. Blanchard
Vol. 40, No. 4, Oct.-Dec. 2016
The Tumen River Triangle as the Borderland of Northeast Asia
Hyun-Gwi Park
Vol. 40, No. 3, July–Sept. 2016
Nuclear Power in East Asia
Tilman Ruff
Vol. 39, No. 4, Oct.–Dec. 2015
The Abe Effect in Regional International Order: Japan and Asia
Yul Sohn
Vol. 39, No. 3, July–Sept. 2015
The Impact of Post-2014 Afghanistan on Asian Regional Security
Nadine Godehardt and Nicola Nymalm
Vol. 38, No. 4, Oct.–Dec. 2014
The East Asia Power Shift: A Critical Appraisal
Linus Hagstrom and Bjorn Jerden
Vol. 38, No. 3, July–Sept. 2014
The Sino-Japanese Dispute over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands: Dangers and Opportunities
Gregory J. Moore
Vol. 38, No. 2, Apr.–June, 2014
After Fukushima: The Right to Know
Norifumi Namatame
Vol. 37, No. 4, Oct.–Dec. 2013
China and Soft Power
Jean-Marc F. Blanchard and Fujia Lu
Vol. 36, No. 4, Oct.–Dec. 2012
South Korea–China Relations: Growing Interdependence, Rising Uncertaintie
Jae Ho Chung
Vol. 36, No. 2, Apr.–June 2012
Avoiding an Arms Race in Space
Peter Van Ness
Vol. 35, No. 4, Oct.–Dec. 2011
Seeking Political Reconciliation: Case Studies in Asia
Mumin Chen
Vol. 34, No. 4, 2010
North Korea’s Nuclear Politics
Donald C. Hellmann
Vol. 34, No. 1, 2010
North Korea and Regional Security
Mark J. Valencia
Vol. 32, No. 4, 2008
The BRICs Countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) in the Global System
Leslie Elliott Armijo
Vol. 31, No.4, 2007
Reconciliation between China and Japan
Peter Van Ness
Vol. 31, No. 1, 2007
Rising China’s Foreign Relations
Jean-Pierre Cabestan
Vol. 30, No. 4, 2006
Interests, Institutions, and Contentions in China
Dali Yang
Vol. 29, No. 4, 2005
Controversial Issues in Japanese Politics and Society
Gil Latz
Vol. 29, No. 1, 2005
Globalization and SARS in Chinese Societies
Alvin Y. So and Ngai Pun
Vol. 28, No. 1, 2004
The Energy Crisis and Renewable Energy Development in North Korea
Timothy Savage
Vol. 26, No. 1, 2002
Economic Reforms and Social Change in Contemporary China
Alvin Y. So
Vol. 25, No. 4, 2001
Prospects for New Inter-Korean Relations
Vol. 25, No. 2, 2001
Commemoration of the 25ᵗʰ Anniversary of Asian Perspective
Vol. 25, No. 1, 2001
Dysfunctional Japan: At Home and In the World
Chalmers Johnson
Vol. 24, No. 4, 2000
Dynamics of Northeast Asia and the Korean Peninsula
Vol. 23, No. 2, 1999
