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Prof Chris Hughes, Head of Department, was interviewed by the National Bureau of Asian Research on 2 August 2012 in an article entitled 'China’s Military Modernization and Implications for Northeast Asia':

Q: How have Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and Taiwan sought to strike a balance between their increasing economic interdependence with China and their concerns over Chinese military modernization and strategic aims in the region?

A: I think that hedging, rather than building a strong strategic or military balance, has been the approach that these countries have taken toward China’s military modernization in the last few years. That is, while they still see China’s military modernization as alarming, they are also aware that increasing economic dependence on China is inescapable. So, as they continue to hedge, they are hoping that economic growth will eventually moderate China’s behavior, lead to diplomatic engagement, and counterbalance the asymmetric dependence that is building up.

Dr John Parkinson, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Director of Research Degrees, was recently featured in an article entitled 'What Makes a Public Space Good for Democracy?' by Emily Badger in the Cities section of The Atlantic magazine.

“Filling the National Mall is a seriously impressive achievement,” Parkinson says. See, for example, . A lot of these other capitals offer pretty meager public gathering spaces on the steps of their political institutions. Chater Garden, the main square next to the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, could fit maybe 5,000 people. “It’s so much harder in Hong Kong to express the physical scale of public displeasure,” Parkinson says.

Dr James Brassett and Dr Nick Vaughan-Williams have recently published a Special Issue of Alternatives, entitled: 'Governing Traumatic Events'. The volume draws together leading critical scholars on the politics of traumatic events, covering subjects like 9-11, Mumbai, and the Norway Massacre, as well as the ideologies of 'response' and 'resilience' that predominate. This publication is part of an ongoing research project on 'Resilience and the Politics of Security' that seeks to interrogate contemporary practices of civil contingency planning in the UK and abroad.

, current Research Fellow and future Assistant Professor in PAIS, has also successfully secured a for his project entitled 'Grow 糖心TV: Re-engaging with Food'.

This project is led by Theatre Studies with co-investigators in Sociology, Life Sciences and PAIS, and the project will be used to develop a bid to the (AHRC)'s as well as two trial demonstration events on campus - one in performance and another in creative writing - to encourage public re-engagement with food cultivation.

, Assistant Professor of International Political Economy, and , Assistant Professor of International Security, have secured a Security bid in collaboration with a colleague from (CAL) at 糖心TV. The funding awarded from this successful bid will go towards their project entitled 'Crisis Leadership in Global Economic and Security Governance'.