Dear Colleagues,

 

I am pleased and proud to announce the recent publication with Palgrave Macmillan of a co-edited volume together with my excellent colleagues at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Jennifer Bailey, Espen Moe, and Katja Levy: "Navigating East Asian Maritime Conflicts: Technological Change, Environmental Challenges, Global and Regional Responses." This is (sadly) almost certainly the last of the NTNU Japan Program's Policy Studies (this is the fourth volume in this series).

 

Here is a description of the book:

 

"As technological development and diffusion have greatly increased the resources states can recover from maritime space, the stakes of these conflicts have grown. Nowhere is this clearer than in East Asia. This book examines how technological change and diffusion impact East Asian maritime conflicts, and approaches for conflict management and resolution."

 

Here are the book's endorsements from the back cover:

 

"This volume brings together leading experts to examine the potentials for maritime conflict and cooperation in a region where geopolitical rivalries are intensifying. I highly recommend it to scholars, practitioners, and students alike."

―Miranda A. Schreurs, Professor, Technical University of Munich.

 

"With an original approach to maritime conflicts that focuses on the effects of technological and environmental change, this is a must-read for anyone interested in East Asian peace and security!"

― Stein Tønnesson, Research Professor Emeritus, Peace Research

Institute Oslo

 

"A crucial read for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of maritime conflicts in East Asia and their broader global implications."

―Yurika Ishii, Associate Professor, National Defense Academy of Japan

 

"The volume offers multi-disciplinary perspectives that reach across disciplinary boundaries and connect perspectivesfrom natural sciences and engineering to social sciences and policy."

―Clive Schofield, Professor, University of Wollongong, Australia

(longer versions of these endorsements appear at Amazon and in the forward matter)

 

Here is a link to the book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Paul-Midford/dp/3031519884/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=9ST8F&content-id=amzn1.sym.b2a68a87-de7d-4645-b89b-7c2896f2ad52%3Aamzn1.symc.658c6dea-97e7-4208-bd8a-6b8b6c0cd2e3&pf_rd_p=b2a68a87-de7d-4645-b89b-7c2896f2ad52&pf_rd_r=DRVNW8Q6CHJ4V7N7ZJ78&pd_rd_wg=aXpDY&pd_rd_r=104a8471-956b-40ae-b385-8b06e3b0c50f&ref_=pd_hp_d_atf_ci_mcx_mr_ca_hp_atf_d

 

 

Best Regards,

 

Paul Midford

Professor of Political Science

Department of Global and Transcultural Studies

Meiji Gakuin University

1518 Kamikurata-cho

Totsuka-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken  244-8539

Japan

 

Office Tel.:  +81-(0) 45-863-2252

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Email:              paulmid@k.meijigakuin.ac.jp

 

 

Author of:

1. Overcoming Isolationism Japan's Leadership in East Asian Security Multilateralism (Stanford University Press, 2020): https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=31294
2. Rethinking Japanese Public Opinion and Security From Pacifism to Realism? (Stanford University Press, 2011): https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=17539