Matthew Calbraith Perry by an unidentified artist, c. 1854, colored woodblock print. Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry's greatest achievement in his long naval career was the establishment of diplomatic contact between Japan and the United States.
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (CC0).
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Politics, Security and Society in Asia Pacific
Discipline:Asian Studies
This series welcomes comparative and interdisciplinary research in the fields of politics, economics, contemporary social issues, security and human rights in Asia Pacific.
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US-Japan Human Rights Diplomacy Post 1945
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China’s Naval Operations in the South China Sea
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