Asian Affairs, Volume 54, Issue 4 (2023)

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Editor's Introduction

Introduction
EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION
Bill Hayton
Pages: 617-618
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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BALOCHISTAN AND THE 18TH AMENDMENT: THE CIVIL-MILITARY ROOTS OF SEPARATISM AND REGIME MILITARISATION IN PAKISTAN
Salman Rafi Sheikh
Pages: 619-646
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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BEYOND THE HUB AND SPOKES: THE NETWORKING LOGIC AND THE OPERATIONALIZATION OF US INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY
Jan Hornat
Pages: 647-669
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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THE PARADIGM-SHIFT IN EU-CHINA RELATIONS AND THE LIMITS OF THE EU’S CURRENT STRATEGY TOWARDS CHINA: A RELATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Alice Politi
Pages: 670-693
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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IS “UNTRUSTWORTHY” THE NEW “THREATENING”? CHINA’S SOCIAL CREDIT SYSTEM THROUGH THE PRISM OF SECURITIZATION
Emilie Szwajnoch
Pages: 694-716
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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THE ‘WHITE GOLD RUSH’: TIBET AS A NEW FRONTLINE IN THE GLOBAL RACE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY
Gabriel Lafitte
Pages: 717-735
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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CHINA’S DEJA VU IN AFGHANISTAN?
Raj Verma
Pages: 736-754
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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Article Commentary

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WAVING FLAGS AND CLAIMING WAVES – CONTRASTING NATIONALISMS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTES
Rodion Ebbighausen
Pages: 755-777
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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BOOK REVIEWS: General

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How Asia Found Herself: A Story of Intercultural Understanding
Nile Green. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2022. pp. 472. Hb. £25, available as an e-book. ISBN 9780300257045
Paul Tonks
Pages: 778-780
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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BOOK REVIEWS: Middle East

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Charity in Saudi Arabia: Civil Society under Authoritarianism
Nora Derbal. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2022. pp. 347. Notes. Illust. Bibliog. Index. £90. ISBN 9781316513477 [Hb], ISBN 9781009073790 [Pb], ISBN 978 1009072656 [ebook]
Helen Lackner
Pages: 781-783
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Foreign Policy and Strategic Alliances in an Uncertain World
Robert Mason. Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2023. pp. 304. Map. Notes. Index. Hb. £85. ISBN 978 1 5261 4849 0
Helen Lackner
Pages: 783-785
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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Heroes to Hostages: America and Iran, 1800-1988
Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2023. pp. 433. Pb. £25.99. ISBN 978-1-009-32213-3
John Limbert
Pages: 785-788
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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Book Review
Journeys Across Roman Asia Minor
Don McCullin. Introduction by Barnaby Rogerson. Foreword by William Dalrymple. Cornucopia Books/Caique Publishing, Edinburgh. 2023. pp. 288. £95. ISBN 978-0-9957566-7-0; ISBN 978-605-62429-2-2
Trevor Mostyn
Pages: 788-790
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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Fada’i Guerrilla Praxis in Iran (1970-1979) Narratives and Reflexions on Everyday Life
Touraj Atabaki, Nasser Mohajer, & Siavush Randjbar-Daemi (eds). I.B.Tauris, London, 2023. pp. xiv + 334. Hb. Pb. e-pdf. e-book. b/w Photos, Notes. Bibliog. Index. ISBN 978 1 7883 1468 8
Antony Wynn
Pages: 790-792
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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BOOK REVIEWS: Central Asia

Book Review
August in Kabul: America's Last Days in Afghanistan
Andrew Quilty. Bloomsbury, London, 2023. pp. xiii + 251. £20. ISBN 978-1350370319
Christopher M. Wyatt
Pages: 793-795
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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BOOK REVIEWS: South Asia

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The Politics of India Under Modi: An Introduction to India’s Democracy, Economy, and Foreign Policy
Vikash Yadav & Jason Kirk. Lever Press. $22.99. (Pb). ISBN(s) 978-1-64315-053-6 (pb) 978-1-64315-054-3 (open access). Open Access citation https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.12847233
William Crawley
Pages: 796-798
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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Freedom in Captivity: Negotiations and Belonging Along Kashmir’s Frontier
Radhika Gupta. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2022. pp. 232. Notes. Index. Hb. $110. ISBN 978-1-009-20161-2
Shahla Hussain
Pages: 798-800
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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Hurt Sentiments: Secularism and Belonging in South Asia
Neeti Nair. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, MA, 2023. pp. 352. Hb. £37.95. ISBN 9780674238275
Humeira Iqtidar
Pages: 801-803
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States
John Zubrzycki. C Hurst & Co, London, 2023. pp. 360. Hb. £25. ISBN 978-1805260530
Rosie Llewellyn-Jones
Pages: 804-805
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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In Hard Times: Security in A Time of Insecurity
Manoj Joshi, Praveen Swami, & Nishtha Gautam (eds). Bloomsbury India, Nov 2022. pp. 156. Ebook £7.99. ISBN 9789354359828
Prashant Hosur Suhas
Pages: 806-807
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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Daughter of the Agunmukha
Noorjahan Bose. Hurst & Company. London, 2023. pp. 315. Preface. Ackmts. Notes. Hb. £18.99. ISBN 9781805260608
Nishkala Suntharalingam
Pages: 808-809
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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BOOK REVIEWS: South East Asia

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Science and Development in Thai and South Asian Buddhism
David L. Gosling. Routledge, London, Contemporary Southeast Asia Series, 2020 (Pb. 2021). pp. 292+xv. £38.99 (also available in hbk and ebk). ISBN 978-1-03-208460-2 (Pb)
William Crawley
Pages: 810-812
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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Mobilizing for Elections: Patronage and Political Machines in Southeast Asia
Edward Aspinall, Meredith L. Weiss, Allen Hicken & Paul D. Hutchcroft. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2022. pp. 312. Hb. $99.99. ISBN 978-1316513804.
Yoshinori Nishizaki
Pages: 812-814
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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BOOK REVIEWS: East Asia

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Interviews with North Korean Defectors: From Kim Shin-jo to Thae Yong-ho
Lim Il & Adam Zulawnik. Routledge Advances in Korean Studies, Routledge. London, 2022. pp. xxiii, 271. Maps; Index. Pb. £38.99. ISBN 978-0-367-71615-8
James Hoare
Pages: 815-816
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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Hidden History of the Korean War
I.F. Stone. New Edition, with a new introduction by Tim Beal & Gregory Elich, Monthly Review Press. New York, (1952) 2023. pp. 407. Notes, Index. £25. ISBN Pb. 978-68590-00008-3; 978-68590-00009-0
James Hoare
Pages: 817-818
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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Among the Braves: Hope, Struggle, and Exile in the Battle for Hong Kong and the Future of Global Democracy
Shibani Mahtani & Timothy McLaughlin. Hachette Books, New York, 2023. pp. 325. Hb. £25. ISBN: 9780306830365
Matthew Hurst
Pages: 819-821
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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Seeking Truth in International TV News: China, CGTN and the BBC
Vivien Marsh. Routledge, Abingdon and New York, 2022. pp.232. Hb. £120. ISBN 9780367558529
Hangwei Li
Pages: 821-822
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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Plato Goes to China: The Greek Classics and Chinese Nationalism
Shadi Bartsch. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2023. pp. 304. Hb. £28.00. ISBN 9780691229591
Ryan Mitchell
Pages: 823-825
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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Coalitions of the Weak: Elite Politics in China From Mao’s Stratagem to the Rise of Xi
Victor C. Shih. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2022, pp. xvi + 232. Ebook and Hb. £26.99. Table of contents, list of figures, list of tables, acknowledgements, references, index. Softback. ISBN 9781009016513.
Christopher Ruane
Pages: 826-827
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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Shanghai Tai Chi: The Art of Being Ruled in Mao’s China
Hanchao Lu. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2023. pp. xvii + 358. Figs. Maps. Tables. Append. Notes. Refs. Index. Hb. £30. ISBN 9 7810 0918 0986
Michael Sheringham
Pages: 828-832
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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China and Latin America: Development, Agency and Geopolitics
Chris Alden and Álvaro Méndez. Bloomsbury Academic, London, 2023. pp. 281. $30. ISBN 9781786992529
Diego Telias
Pages: 833-834
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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