Pacific Affairs is our sister publication, founded and independently published since 1928. It is a scholarly journal about current political, social and economic issues in Asia and the Pacific.
Here are Memos that were inspired by Pacific Affairs articles:
- Whither Area Studies? Advancing the Project of Comparative Area Studies and Fruitful Area Studies Comparisons (Memo #316, by Jürgen Rüland and Mikko Huotari)
- The Rise of Volunteering in China: Transforming Cities and Personhood (Memo #266, by Lisa Hoffman)
- Decentralized Governance and Local Leadership in Urbanizing Asia (Memo #255, by Michelle Ann Miller and Tim Bunnell)
- Chinese Companies Moving into the World Market…Responsibly? (Memo #228, by Cristelle Maurin and Pichamon Yeophantong)
- The British and Occupied East Timor: Support for Indonesia Behind a Facade of Neutrality (Memo #204, by Anna Costa)
- Post-Socialism, North Korean Style: With State Economy in Ruins, Workers Look Elsewhere for Employment (Memo #201, by Andrei Lankov)
- Reform in Malaysian Party Politics: Reasons for Slow Change in UNMO (Memo #197, by Muhamad Takiyuddin Ismail and Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid)
- Pocket Social Networking in India – SMS GupShup Expands (Memo #190, by Nimma Rangaswamy)
- Mobilizing the Chinese Education Movement in Malaysia (Memo #174, by Ming-Chee Ang)
- China Crucial to India’s Mobile Revolution (Memo #172, by Amitendu Palit)
- Japan and South Korea’s History Divide (Memo #165, by Alexandra Sakaki)
- Is ‘Safe Migration’ Along the Thai-Lao Border Truly ‘Safe?’ (Memo #157, by Sverre Molland)
- Regulating International Student Mobility – Agents and Markets in New Zealand (Memo #151, by Francis Leo Collins)
- Why do Chinese Migrants Have to Pay so Much to Work Overseas? (Memo #135, by Biao Xiang)
- Becoming a Commercial Marriage Broker in Malaysia (Memo #133, by Chee Heng Leng and Brenda S.A. Yeoh)
- Foreign Workers and the Wildfires of Democracy in East Asia (Memo #111, by Apichai Shipper)
- The Shifting Role of Law in Myanmar (Memo #84, by Nick Cheesman)
- Understanding Indonesian Migration via Labour Brokers (Memo #78, by Johan Lindquist)
- Tough Choices Ahead for Global India (Memo #64, by Harsh Pant)
- Diverging Patterns for Incorporating Immigrants in Korea and Japan (Memo #56 by, Erin Aeran Chung)
- Analyzing a Potential President Obama Visit to Hiroshima or Nagasaki (Memo #42, by Gi-Wook Shin)
- When Cambodia’s Oil Begins to Flow: the Politics of Becoming a Petro-State (Memo #29, by Andrew Cock)
- Analyzing Falun Gong’s Effect on China since 1999 (Memo #25, by Stephen Noakes)
- Governance by Religion Growing Strong in Malaysia: Bureaucratic Islam and Secular Sharia (Memo #22, by Maznah Mohamad)
- Regulating Pacific Seasonal Labour in Australia (Memo #18, by Pacific Affairs)
- American Tutelage, Chinese Disillusion, and the “Turning Point” in Early 20th Century Chinese Journalism (Memo #6, by Pacific Affairs)
- Courts Decide On Work Hour Practices At Toyota And McDonald’s In Japan (Memo #4, by Hyung Gu Lynn)