
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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Public Diplomacy in Ireland and Japan
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Factional-Ideological Conflicts in Chinese Politics
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US-Japan Human Rights Diplomacy Post 1945
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The State of the Japanese State
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China’s Naval Operations in the South China Sea
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The History of Manchuria, 1840-1948
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The Abe Experiment and the Future of Japan
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