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Do US bases in Japan deter its neighbours? The role of the US Marines on Okinawa in extended deterrence

Paul O’Shea has published a peer-reviewed article in Social Science Japan Journal, analysing the role of US bases in Japan. Do they contribute to deterrence? The relocation of the controversial Marine base at Futenma on Okinawa to Henoko in the north of the same island has been framed by Japanese politicians, officials, and analysts as crucial to deterrence. Critics respond that deterrence is mere

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/do-us-bases-japan-deter-its-neighbours-role-us-marines-okinawa-extended-deterrence - 2025-11-19

Palgrave Handbook of Political Norms in Southeast Asia

Astrid Norén-Nilsson has co-edited a Palgrave Handbook on contemporary political norm dynamics in Southeast Asia. This open access handbook aims to constitute a reference point on political norm dynamics in Southeast Asia, by bringing together the array of normative repertoires that frame the possibilities for citizens to participate in, set agendas for, make decisions in, and contest, not only el

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/palgrave-handbook-political-norms-southeast-asia - 2025-11-19

New publication: "Reimagining Species Relations: A Decade of Studying and Teaching Critical Animal Studies at Lund University"

Our PhD candidate Gina Song Lopez is one of the editors of this new anthology. As a member of the Lund University Critical Animal Studies Network (LUCASN) our PhD candidate Gina Song Lopez is one of the editors of the series as well as a contributor.The 15-chapter collection serves as a reflective, retrospective, and celebratory collaboration among teachers, former students, and friends of LUCASN,

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-publication-reimagining-species-relations-decade-studying-and-teaching-critical-animal-studies - 2025-11-19

"Current Dynamics in Southeast Asia: New perspectives in political economy and comparative politics"

Launch of new European seminar series This new seminar series is a collaboration between the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (Inalco), Paris; Sciences Po, Paris; and the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund. It is co-coordinated by Senior Lecturer Astrid Norén-Nilsson.The seminar series will comprise five sessions per year. Four of these will be held in Pari

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/current-dynamics-southeast-asia-new-perspectives-political-economy-and-comparative-politics - 2025-11-19

New publication: “The Specter of Potential Foreigners: Revisiting the Postcolonial Citizenship Regimes of Myanmar and India”

New research on Burma and India by Elizabeth Rhoads co-authored with Ritanjan Das at Leiden University, takes a comparative historical approach, tracing citizenship policies in both countries since Burma’s partition from British India in 1937. The article argues that the specter of “potential foreigners” continues to play a role in how both countries determine citizenship policies. The article tra

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-publication-specter-potential-foreigners-revisiting-postcolonial-citizenship-regimes-myanmar-and - 2025-11-19

Q&A Interview with National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR Asia) on Japanese foreign policy

Paul O’Shea was interviewed by NBR Asia on the state of Japan’s foreign and security policy since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine has pushed Japan to implement new defense and national security policies. This includes increasing defense spending to 2% of the nation’s GDP by 2027—a historic 60% increase that will result in Japan having the third-largest defe

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/qa-interview-national-bureau-asian-research-nbr-asia-japanese-foreign-policy - 2025-11-19

Asia in Focus Issue no. 10 is out now!

The second issue since the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies overtook publication, features another round of thought-provoking articles written by early career scholars. Asia in Focus is an Open Access peer-reviewed journal published yearly online. It aims to support and give early career scholars affiliated or recently affiliated with a Nordic institution of higher education an opportu

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/asia-focus-issue-no-10-out-now - 2025-11-19

Korean translation of Global China as Method

A Korean translation of the book Global China as Method (co-authored by Nicholas Loubere and Ivan Franceschini) has been published. Is China part of the world? Based on much of the political, media, and popular discourse in the West the answer is seemingly no. Even after four decades of integration into the global socioeconomic system, discussions of China continue to be underpinned by a core assu

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/korean-translation-global-china-method - 2025-11-19

New Publication: "The Paradoxical Development of Liberal Governance: International Adoption Policy and Professional Social Work in Authoritarian South Korea, 1953–1976”

Youngeun Koo has published an open-access article in the Journal of Social History on the history of the orphan registry and adoption law, exploring the emergence of modern governance in South Korea. This article explores the development of international adoption policy in post-liberation South Korea, emphasizing the roles of American and Korean professional social workers. By analyzing the orphan

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-publication-paradoxical-development-liberal-governance-international-adoption-policy-and - 2025-11-19

New publication: Opium of the People? Religious Politics in the Xi Jinping Era

Martin Lavička wrote a chapter in the new edited volume China under Xi Jinping: An Interdisciplinary Assessment, just published by Brill. his chapter discusses how the official religious policies stipulated in the so-called Document 19 issued by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in 1982 have transformed into the current religious laws and policies under Xi Jinping. The post-Mao

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-publication-opium-people-religious-politics-xi-jinping-era - 2025-11-19

Release of Anthology 'Feminist Activism in the Post-2010 Sinosphere'

We are excited to announce the release of a new anthology 'Feminist Activism in the Post-2010 Sinosphere: Identifying Issues, Sharing Knowledge, Building Movements' (Bloomsbury Academic), edited by Elisabeth L. Engebretsen and Jinyan Zeng. Feminist Activism in the Post-2010s Sinosphere examines a variety of urgent feminist issues in 21st-century China, including the #MeToo movement, online misogyn

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/release-anthology-feminist-activism-post-2010-sinosphere - 2025-11-19

Memories of Aceh Chinese: We too remember, we too belong

New article by Chontida Auikool in the Conversation. This article is a collaboration with The Conversation Indonesia as part of a special edition commemorating 20 years of efforts to rebuild Aceh. Titled Memories of Aceh Chinese: We Too Remember, We Too Belong, it reveals the collective memory of the Aceh Chinese community, reflecting on their ongoing efforts to navigate their presence and identit

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/memories-aceh-chinese-we-too-remember-we-too-belong - 2025-11-19

Nordic Asia Podcasts

The Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies together with the Graduate School in Asian Studies have recently produced three episodes of the Nordic Asia Podcast. The episodes deal with academic freedom issues in Thailand, China and the Indo-Pacific, as well as a Tibetan filmmaker. The episodes were hosted and produced by several of the Centre's PhD students and our intern. Two of them were pro

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/nordic-asia-podcasts - 2025-11-19

New article on Japan-EU security relations

Paul O'Shea published a peer-reviewed article with East Asia Forum on the developments in EU-Japan political and security relations.  In November 2024, the European Union and Japan expanded on their 2018 agreements with a new security and defence partnership. While it promises greater cooperation, the agreement remains largely exploratory and vague, lagging behind the rapid pace of global geopolit

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-article-japan-eu-security-relations - 2025-11-19

Is OA linked to cancer?

In a new Swedish study by Lund University on comorbidities in osteoarthritis, researchers studied if people with osteoarthritis are at an increased risk for cancer compared to people without osteoarthritis. The study focused on the four most common cancer types, lung, colon, breast, and prostate cancer. Researchers found no differences in the risk of being diagnosed with colon cancer if you had os

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/oa-linked-cancer - 2025-11-19

Your genes play a part in the development of OA and perceived joint pain

Previous studies from Iceland have shown how osteoarthritis is often inherited and can be traced back several generations. A gene (genetic predisposition) is a segment of DNA containing hereditary information and is inherited from our biological parents. A new international study published in the high-ranking scientific journal Cell has discovered that a large number of genes are associated with o

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/your-genes-play-part-development-oa-and-perceived-joint-pain - 2025-11-19

Devil's Claw - the herbal medicine with a continued uncertain effect on OA pain

Devil's Claw (Harpagophytum procumbens) is a plant in the sesame family native South Africa that has long been used as a herbal medicine to treat a number of different diseases. The plant is believed to be able to reduce joint pain and joint stiffness as it is said to have analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties. However, the actual properties of devil's claw are yet not fully understood. There

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/devils-claw-herbal-medicine-continued-uncertain-effect-oa-pain - 2025-11-19

The global burden of osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis has been described as the 15th most common cause of so-called “years lived with disability” (YLDs) in the world, which is a measure used to shed light on the burden of various diseases on society. According to the researchers, the economic costs caused by the disease correspond to about 1-2.5% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in most countries. A new article from a group of Ameri

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/global-burden-osteoarthritis - 2025-11-19

Common comorbidities in osteoarthritis

In a new Swedish study by Lund University, researchers looked at how common it is with comorbidities in osteoarthritis of the knee and/or hip. The study was published in the American journal Arthritis Care & Research. The study analyzed data collected from the province of Scania's population between the years 1998 and 2017. Newly diagnosed osteoarthritis patients were at a slightly higher risk of

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/common-comorbidities-osteoarthritis - 2025-11-19