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Asian Perspective Celebrates 50th Anniversary
We are pleased to announce the publication of Asian Perspective, volume 50, number 1 (Winter 2026)—our 50th anniversary publication!—published by Johns Hopkins University Press for the Institute for Far Eastern Studies of Kyungnam University and made available online at Project Muse (https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/56443).
This issue contains statements in celebration of AP’s 50th anniversary from the journal’s founder, senior editorial members, and current editor-in-chief.
The issue is highlighted by a Special Session on China in the MENA Region – Part 1. 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 such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, as well as countries Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Israel, Iran, Jordan, and Turkey. Articles in this issue—Part 1—include an introduction to the special session; examination of China’s role in reshaping the urban-industrial-logistical landscapes of the Djibouti-Ethiopia transportation corridor; exploration of the legal complexities in China’s deployment of its park-port model to Egypt and Djibouti under the Belt & Road Initiative; discussion of China’s ‘green energy’ engagement with the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt; and examination of the technological competition in the Middle East between China and the United States through a look at China’s ‘Digital Silk Road’ initiative.
The issue includes
regular submission articles that investigate the historical evolution and development of Chinese international law theory; how target-state agency shapes the effectiveness of geo-economic instruments in China–North Korea relations, with the target state’s political priorities and calculated responses weighing in significantly on just how much influence the initiating state can expect to wield; and the position of China studies in Hungary, Germany, and the Netherlands, offering a glimpse into the perception of the trends and their causes within this field in Europe’s academia. Our regular ‘Book Symposium’ features scholarly reviews and author’s response on Anthony J. Spires’
Everyday Democracy: Civil Society, Youth, and the Struggle Against Authoritarian Culture in China (Columbia University Press, 2024).
All back issues of the journal (from 1977 to 2025), 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 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
