The Far East and Australasia 2022

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: 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, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Robert F. Ash. Emeritus Professor, China Institute, SOAS University of London, United Kingdom. Dean Aszkielowicz. 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, Australia. Frank Bongiorno. Professor, School of History, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Anne Booth. Emerita Professor of Economics, SOAS University of London, United Kingdom. Kerry Brown. Director of the Lau China Institute and Professor of Chinese Studies, King’s College London, United Kingdom. Ian Campbell. Former Professor, School of Social Sciences, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji. Chan Kok Hoe. Lecturer, Department of Economics, National University of Singapore, Singapore. James Chin. Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania, Australia. Jörn Dosch. Professor of International Relations and Development Co-operation, University of Rostock, 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, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Nicholas Farrelly. Professor and Head of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia. Dafydd Fell. Reader 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, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Aidan Foster-Carter. Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology and Modern Korea, University of Leeds, United Kingdom. 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. Lok Sang Ho. Professor of Economics, Centre for Public Policy Studies, Lingnan University, Hong Kong. James E. Hoare. Associate Fellow, Asia-Pacific Programme, Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), London, United Kingdom. Douglas Hunt. Lecturer in Economics, and Research Fellow, Business School, 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. Trude Jacobsen Gidaszewski. Professor in Asian History, Department of History, College of Arts and Liberal Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA. Randall S. Jones. Former Head of the Japan/Korea Desk at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris, France, and Visiting Scholar, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Wee Chian Koh. Researcher, Centre for Strategic and Policy Studies, Brunei Darussalam, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam. 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. Suiwah Leung. Honorary Associate Professor of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. S. R. Joey Long. Associate Professor and Head, Department of History, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Robert E. Looney. International Consultant specializing in economic development, and Distinguished Professor, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA. Jayant Menon. Visiting Senior Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore. Anthony Milner. Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia, Visiting Professor, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Emeritus Professor, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. N. J. Miners. Former Reader in Political Science, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 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, Australian National University, Australia. Bhanupong Nidhiprabha. Professor, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand. Shyama Ratnasiri. Senior Lecturer in Economics, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. James R. Rush. Professor of History, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA. John T. Sidel. Sir Patrick Gillam Professor of International and Comparative Politics, 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 Sutter. Professor of Practice of International Affairs, The Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA. James Tang. Former Dean of the School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Singapore. Ardeth Thawnghmung. Professor and Chair, Political Science Department, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA. Hiroaki Richard Watanabe. Professor, College of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan. Michael Meow-Chung Yap. Associate Professor, Business Economics and Quantitative Methods Division, Nottingham University Business School, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. Yi Wang. Political scientist at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, and former media executive and diplomat.

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