Experts from around the globe come together in one important forum to present
compelling researchabout the entire East Asia region. Articles covering China,
Japan, North and South Korea,Taiwan, and the Southeast Asian nations address
the key challenges facing the region. The issues covered range from democratic 
governance to military security, from politicalculture to economic reforms, 
from human rights to environmental concerns.

JEAS is an international and interdisciplinary journal devoted to the critical analysis and
discussion of current issues of East Asia. The journal publishes academic research,
case studies, research notes, current reports, review essays and commentaries as well
as book reviews concerning the social scientific study of the East Asian region.
Theoretical, empirical, comparative, and historical articles as well as contributions
from a wide range of disciplines, including political science, sociology, economics
and anthropology, are welcome.

"This international journal is well-conceived, well-designed, and well-timed for
accommodating empirically rich, theoretically rigourous, and policy-relevant
articles on East Asian affairs."
- Samuel S. Kim, Columbia University

"The quality and freshness of the contributions to JEAS rival those published in the most
established and influential journals in the field. This young, scholarly publication has set
a new standard for innovation and excellence." 
- Minxin Pei, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

"This important and ambitious journal brings to the fore an exciting range of articles in
comparative politics and international relations that seek to advance social science theory
and at the same time illuminate developments in East Asia."
- Susan J. Pharr, Harvard University

"...has almost imMultimediately become a venue of choice for publication by eminent
scholars from both East and West. The articles are interpretive, and they face
major questions... very high quality thinking about East Asia."
- Lynn T. White III, Princeton University

"This promising new journal will bring new political relevance to
theoretically informed social science analysis, pouring new wine into old bottles."
- Lowell Dittmer, University of California, Berkeley