The Far East & Australasia 2027

PART ONE General Survey Asia-Pacific Security After Primacy NICK BISLEY The USA’s Opposition to China in the Indo-Pacific Region: Biden’s Legacy and Trump’s Impact ROBERT G. SUTTER Aid and Development in South-East Asia NETRA ENG and SEREYVICHETH CHUNLY Recent Economic Developments in the Asia-Pacific Region ROBERT E. LOONEY (Revised by the editorial staff) PART TWO Country Surveys Sections on geography, history and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each country. A dedicated section on the Pacific islands, which includes an introductory essay and directory and statistical information for each of the Pacific islands and a locally focused bibliography. AUSTRALIA History FRANK BONGIORNO Economy DOUGLAS HUNT and SHYAMA RATNASIRI AUSTRALIAN TERRITORIES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN Ashmore and Cartier Islands Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Heard Island and the McDonald Islands BRUNEI History STEPHEN C. DRUCE Economy WEE CHIAN KOH CAMBODIA History RON LEONHARDT Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY (Revised by the editorial staff) THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA History OLIVIA CHEUNG Economy ROBERT F. ASH CHINESE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS HONG KONG History CATRIONA MARCHAM Economy CATRIONA MARCHAM MACAO History CATRIONA MARCHAM Economy CATRIONA MARCHAM INDONESIA History JAMES R. RUSH Economy ANNE BOOTH JAPAN History DEAN ASZKIELOWICZ (Revised by PAUL TAUCHER) Economy SHIRO ARMSTRONG KOREA History up to the Korean War ANDREW C. NAHM (with revisions by JAMES E. HOARE) THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA History EDWARD HOWELL Economy ROBERT F. ASH THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA History EDWARD HOWELL Economy RANDALL S. JONES THE LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC History VOLKER GRABOWKSY Economy VANXAY SAYAVONG MALAYSIA History JAMES CHIN and ANTHONY MILNER Economy MICHAEL MEOW-CHUNG YAP MONGOLIA History LI NARANGOA (Revised by JULIAN DIERKES) Economy CHARLES KRUSEKOPF MYANMAR (BURMA) History ARDETH THAWNGHMUNG Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY (Revised by the editorial staff) NEW ZEALAND History JEANINE GRAHAM Economy KENNETH E. JACKSON THE PACIFIC ISLANDS Background to the Pacific Islands BRYANT J. ALLEN History of the Pacific Islands IAN CAMPBELL Contemporary Politics of the Pacific Islands STEWART FIRTH Security in the Pacific Islands STEWART FIRTH Economies of the Pacific Islands RONALD DUNCAN (Revised by the editorial staff) Environmental Issues of the Pacific Islands ROSS STEELE China and the Pacific: Increased Competition for Security and Engagement MATTHEW CLARKE (Revised by JADE GUAN) The Ocean of Peace Concept ROMITESH KANT AUSTRALIAN PACIFIC TERRITORIES Coral Sea Islands Territory Norfolk Island FIJI FRENCH PACIFIC OVERSEAS COLLECTIVITIES French Polynesia The Wallis and Futuna Islands OTHER FRENCH PACIFIC OVERSEAS TERRITORY New Caledonia KIRIBATI THE MARSHALL ISLANDS THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA NAURU NEW ZEALAND PACIFIC TERRITORY Tokelau NEW ZEALAND PACIFIC ASSOCIATED STATES The Cook Islands Niue PALAU PAPUA NEW GUINEA SAMOA SOLOMON ISLANDS TONGA TUVALU UNITED KINGDOM PACIFIC TERRITORY The Pitcairn Islands US COMMONWEALTH TERRITORY IN THE PACIFIC The Northern Mariana Islands US EXTERNAL TERRITORIES IN THE PACIFIC American Samoa Guam OTHER US TERRITORIES IN THE PACIFIC Baker and Howland Islands Jarvis Island Johnston Atoll Kingman Reef Midway Island Palmyra Wake Island VANUATU THE PHILIPPINES History JOHN T. SIDEL Economy MARIA JOY V. ABRENICA SINGAPORE History S. R. JOEY LONG Economy CHAN KOK HOE TAIWAN History DAFYDD FELL Economy ROBERT F. ASH THAILAND History NICHOLAS FARRELLY Economy JUTHATHIP JONGWANICH and ARCHANUN KOPHAIBOON TIMOR-LESTE (EAST TIMOR) History MICHAEL LEACH Economy GUTERIANO NEVES VIET NAM History ALEXANDER VUVING Economy SUIWAH LEUNG PART THREE Regional Information REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS MAJOR COMMODITIES OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC CALENDARS AND TIME RECKONING RESEARCH INSTITUTES STUDYING THE FAR EAST AND AUSTRALASIA SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS) SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (PERIODICALS) INDEX OF REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INDEX OF TERRITORIES LIST OF MAPS

Biography

Europa Publications’ regional publications are compiled by a team of editors and researchers, with introductory and country-specific material provided by specialists in their field: Maria Joy V. Abrenica. Professor and Dean, School of Economics, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. Bryant J. Allen. Former Visiting Fellow, State Society and Governance in Melanesia Program, School of International, Political and Strategic Studies, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Shiro Armstrong. Professor and Director of the Australia-Japan Research Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Law, Governance and Policy, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Robert F. Ash. Emeritus Professor, SOAS China Institute, SOAS University of London, United Kingdom. Dean Aszkielowicz. Senior Lecturer, College of Arts, Business, Law and Social Sciences, and Fellow of the Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. Nick Bisley. Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. Frank Bongiorno. Professor, School of History, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Anne Booth. Emerita Professor of Economics, SOAS University of London, United Kingdom. Ian Campbell. Former Professor, School of Social Sciences, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji. Olivia Cheung. Lecturer in Politics, Department of European & International Studies, King's College London, United Kingdom. Matthew Clarke. Alfred Deakin Distinguished Professor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation), Deakin University, Victoria, Australia. Chan Kok Hoe. Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, National University of Singapore, Singapore. James Chin. Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania, Australia. Sereyvicheth Chunly. Director, Centre for Governance and Inclusive Society and Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, Cambodia Development Resource Institute, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Julian Dierkes. Dean, School of Social Sciences, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany. Stephen C. Druce. Deputy Director of the Academy of Brunei Studies, Associate Researcher at the Institute of Asian Studies, Senior Assistant Professor in History, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam. Ronald Duncan AO. Emeritus Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Netra Eng. Executive Director, Cambodia Development Resource Institute, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Nicholas Farrelly. Professor and Head of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia. Dafydd Fell. Professor in Comparative Politics, with special reference to Taiwan, Department of Politics and International Studies, Director, Centre of Taiwan Studies, SOAS University of London, United Kingdom. Stewart Firth. Research Fellow, Department of Pacific Affairs, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Volker Grabowsky. Professor of Thai Studies, Asia-Africa Institute, University of Hamburg, Germany. Jeanine Graham. Former Senior Lecturer in History, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Jade Guan. Senior Lecturer in International Politics and Strategy and Convenor of Master of National Security and Strategy, Centre for Future Defence and National Security, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia. James E. Hoare. Former Associate Fellow, Asia-Pacific Programme, Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs), London, United Kingdom. Edward Howell. Lecturer in International Relations, University of Oxford, and Korea Foundation Fellow, Asia-Pacific Programme, Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs), London, United Kingdom. Douglas Hunt. Adjunct Lecturer in Economics, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. Kenneth E. Jackson. Former Director, Centre for Development Studies, University of Auckland, and Adjunct Research Professor, Auckland Institute of Studies, Auckland, New Zealand. Randall S. Jones. Former Head of the Japan/Korea Desk, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris, France, Non-Resident Distinguished Fellow, Korea Economic Institute, Washington, DC, USA, and Adjunct Lecturer, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, USA. Juthathip Jongwanich. Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand. Romitesh Kant. PhD Candidate, Department of Pacific Affairs, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Wee Chian Koh. Senior Economist, ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office, Singapore. Archanun Kophaiboon. Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand. Charles Krusekopf. Professor, School of Business, Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC, Canada. Michael Leach. Professor of Politics and International Relations, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, and Co-founder of the Timor-Leste Studies Association. Ron Leonhardt. Assistant Professor of History, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, USA. Suiwah Leung. Honorary Associate Professor of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Law, Governance and Policy, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. S. R. Joey Long. Associate Professor, Department of History, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Robert E. Looney. Late Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA. Catriona Marcham. Independent researcher. Anthony Milner. Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia, Visiting Professor, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Emeritus Professor, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Andrew C. Nahm. Former Professor Emeritus of History and Consultant to the Office of International Education and Programs, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA. Li Narangoa. Professor of Asian History, and Director of the Mongolia Institute, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Australia. Guteriano Neves. Researcher and analyst specializing in political economy and development policy, Dili, Timor-Leste. Shyama Ratnasiri. Senior Lecturer in Economics, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. James R. Rush. Professor Emeritus of History, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA. Vanxay Sayavong. Deputy Director-General, Macroeconomic Research Institute, Lao Academy of Social and Economic Sciences, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic. John T. Sidel. Sir Patrick Gillam Professor of International and Comparative Politics and Director of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom. Ross Steele. Former Principal Demographer, Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia, and Adjunct Academic Staff, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia. Robert G. Sutter. Professor of Practice of International Affairs, The Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA. Paul Taucher. Lecturer, College of Law, Arts and Social Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. Ardeth Thawnghmung. Professor, Political Science Department, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA. Alexander Vuving. Professor, College of Security Studies, Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Michael Meow-Chung Yap. Associate, Nottingham University Business School, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.