Critical Asian Studies (launched in 1968 as the Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars) is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes scholarly articles and other materials that challenge the accepted formulas for understanding the Asia and Pacific regions, the world, and ourselves.
Current Issue: Vol. 42, No. 3 (September 2010)
Marxists in Singapore? Lee Kuan Yew's Campaign against Catholic Social Justice Activists in the 1980s – Michael D. Barr
Human Development as Transformative Practice: Lessons from Kerala and Cuba – Joseph Tharamangalam
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Race to Judge, Rush to Act: The Sinking of the Cheonan and the Politics of National Insecurity – Jae-Jung Suh
Anthropologists and War – Jennifer Robertson, guest editor
Contributions by Sabine Frühstück, Regev Nathansohn, Hugh Gusterson, Christine Sargent, Andrew Conroe, and Tomomi Yamaguchi
Impasse at MCAS Futenma – Dustin Wright
The War in Afghanistan Goes Global (book excerpt) – David Wildman and Phyllis Bennis
(Dis)orienting North Korea (review essay) – Suzy Kim
Record in Pictures of Yasukuni Jinja: Yushukan (book review) – Jeff Kingston
Correction – Yee Yeong Chong
The highest-ranked area studies journal covering the whole of Asia,
according to the 2009 five-year Impact Factor and Article Influence™ Score rankings published by Thomson Reuters.
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2008 Journal Citation Reports.) SSCI Impact Factor = 0.510.