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> H-ASIA
> July 6, 2011
>
> New Issue of ASIA POLICY 12: July 2011
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> From: Tracy Timmons-Gray <ttimmonsgray@nbr.org>
>
> Dear H-Asia members,
>
> The new issue of NBR's journal Asia Policy has just been released. All
> of this issue's articles will be free to access for a limited time.
>
> A listing of this issue's contents and links are below:
>
> ASIA POLICY 12 | July 2011
>
> View the full volume: http://m.nbr.org/pwEgpX
>
>
> In this issue:
>
> U.S. Re-engagement in Asia
>
> In this Asia Policy roundtable, S.R. Joey Long, Simon Tay, Kumar
> Ramakrishna, Carlyle A. Thayer, and Zheng Wang assess U.S. engagement in
> Asia with a focus on how to better strengthen ties while navigating
> policy challenges, the financial crisis, resurgent extremist groups, and
> rising suspicions among regional players.
>
> Read more: http://m.nbr.org/kqh0kK
>
>
> Human Resources and China's Long Economic Boom
>
> Thomas G. Rawski (University of Pittsburgh) depicts how China's economic
> boom rests on a historical accumulation of skills and capabilities far
> beyond the typical complement of human assets available to low-income
> nations.
>
> Read more: http://m.nbr.org/kE2eiP
>
>
> Exploring Regime Instability and Ethnic Violence in Kyrgyzstan
>
> At least 350 people died and over 100,000 people were displaced in
> ethnic conflict in southern Kyrgyzstan one year ago. Eric McGlinchey
> (George Mason University) explores the causes of Kyrgyzstan's political
> instability and the periodic violence surrounding the June 2010 riots.
>
> Read more: http://m.nbr.org/iTwhlx
>
>
> The New Asianism: Japanese Foreign Policy under the Democratic Party of
> Japan
>
> Daniel Sneider (Stanford University) examines the foreign policy views
> of the DPJ from the party's founding through its first year in power. He
> argues that the "new Asianism," which should not be understood as a
> pro-China shift but rather as an effort to manage the rise of China,
> remains a core identity of the DPJ.
>
> Read more: http://m.nbr.org/kGT3Wb
>
>
> Political Change in the DPRK
>
> Is North Korea vulnerable to the types of revolutions sweeping the
> Middle East? In this Q&A, Asia Policy's editor Andrew Marble discusses
> political change in the DPRK with Stephan Haggard (University of
> California-San Diego), and Daniel Pinkston (International Crisis Group,
> Seoul).
>
> Read more: http://m.nbr.org/ldbZOL
>
>
> == BOOK REVIEWS ==
>
> Roundtable | Red Star over the Pacific
>
> In this book review roundtable, Dean Cheng, Rory Medcalf, Michael
> McDevitt, Bernard D. Cole, and Zheng Wang discuss Red Star over the
> Pacific: China's Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy.
> Included in the roundtable is a response essay by the book's authors,
> Toshi Yoshihara and James R. Holmes.
>
> Read more: http://m.nbr.org/mKhBJe
>
>
> Essay | Is India Ready For Prime Time?
>
> In this review essay, David J. Karl (Asia Strategy Initiative) discusses
> two books: Does the Elephant Dance? Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy
> by David M. Malone and Arming without Aiming: India's Military
> Modernization by Stephen P. Cohen and Sunil Dasgupta.
>
> Read more: http://m.nbr.org/lRd3eg
>
>
> Download the full issue of Asia Policy (PDF): http://m.nbr.org/lG06mq
>
>
> == ABOUT ==
>
> ASIA POLICY is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal presenting
> policy-relevant academic research on the Asia-Pacific that draws clear
> and concise conclusions useful to today's policymakers.
>
> Read Asia Policy on Project MUSE:
> http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/asia_policy/
>
>
> Browse past issues of Asia Policy: http://m.nbr.org/imtScg
>
>
> Tracy Timmons-Gray
> The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)
> Seattle, WA
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