Northern England Policy Centre for the Asia Pacific
The Northern England Policy Centre for the Asia Pacific (NEPCAP) aims to maximise research impact in terms of policy and practice, in various fields of studies related to the issues in the Asia Pacific region.
NEPCAP is nestled under the Institute for the Study of the Asia Pacific (ISAP) which serves as the umbrella institute for Asia Pacific Studies at the University of Central Lancashire.
Asia Pacific policy-related publications
Events report
- Climate Change in the Asia Pacific Exhibition 2022 Report (20 April 2022).
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China/Hong Kong
- China is becoming increasingly assertive – security law in Hong Kong is just the latest example (13 July 2020)
- China’s Passage of the national security law in Hong Kong will have dire ramifications (7 July 2020)
- The problem is not China but Communism’ (19 May 2020)
- Hong Kong: why the ‘one country, two systems’ model is on its last leg
Japan
Korea Peninsula
- North Korea insists it has no coronavirus – how the state is managing the story’ (9 April 2020)
- North Korea-US summit: what its failure means for the peninsula’s future (28 February 2019)
- North Korea: what latest defection tells us about hopes for peace on peninsula (8 January 2019)
- Trump-Kim deal: why the two Koreas will probably never become one country again (12 June 2018)
- Perdamaian Korea dimulai—tapi tetap tergantung AS dan Cina (2 May 2018)
- A Korean peace process is underway – but it still depends on the US and China (27 April 2018)
Taiwan
- Taiwan: what election victory for Tsai Ing-wen means for the island’s future’ (13 January 2020)
- Dissecting the Western overreaction to Trump’s Taiwanese phone call (8 December 2016)
NEPCAP Snapshot
- NEPCAP Snapshot: North Korea’s Forest Dilemma (2022/01).
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Events report
- Climate Change in the Asia Pacific Exhibition 2022 Report (20 April 2022).
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Partners
- South China Sea Think Tank
- CSS Taiwan Center for Security Studies
- Asia Power Watch
Policy briefs
We welcome submissions of manuscript for our policy brief series, which deal with policy issues related to the Asia Pacific region.
Submission guidelines:
- No more than two A4 pages
- Include all authors titles, affiliations and email addresses
- Times New Roman, size 12 font
- Reference at the end of the paper by using Harvard referencing style
- Use British spellings
If you would like to submit a paper to be included in our policy brief series, please email the Institute for the Study of Asia Pacific.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that submissions do not breach copyright laws. You can provide feedback on our policy brief here.
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- NEPCAP Policy Brief Special Issue: Refugee Protection in East Asia: Taiwan and Japan in comparison (Dr Ivanova, Polina, Dr Momesso. L, Canali. I, Ahmadian. S, Chiu, E. Dr Ling.B)’
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- NEPCAP Policy Brief: Loneliness and Social Engagement of International Students in Japan and the United States (Dr Ivanova, Polina, Dr Sun. Y, Prof Bista. K)
- NEPCAP Policy Brief: The Governmentality of Taiwan’s Anti-epidemic Politics (Gunter Schubert)
- Biden or Trump? US policy on Taiwan will be determined– once again – by the national interest (Gregory Coutaz)
- Cross-strait relations with China in Taiwan politics (Courtney Donovan Smith)
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- NEPCAP Policy Brief Special Issue: Social Media and Democracy full (Dr Momesso, Lara, Dr Zemanek. A, Dr Chang. T)
- NEPCAP Policy Brief Special Issue: Social Media and Democracy Forward (Dr Momesso, Lara, Dr Zemanek. A, Dr Chang. T)
- NEPCAP Policy Brief Special Issue: Truth, knowledge, and democracy: Reflections on the role of social media in shaping (un)democratic processes (Dr Ball, Brian)
- NEPCAP Policy Brief Special Issue: How social media stole the public's voice (Olewe, Dikens)
- NEPCAP Policy Brief Special Issue: Chinese social media applications: Privacy and data security implications ( Jirouš, Filip)
- NEPCAP Policy Brief Special Issue: Social media use in Kenya: Twitter, public political participation and state control (Dr Ogola, George)
- NEPCAP Policy Brief Special Issue: Evaluating Cambridge Analytica: some suggestions (Gültekin Várkonyi, Gizem)
- NEPCAP Policy Brief Special Issue: We Need Art Interventions! Art’s potential to tackle fake news on social media (Dr Kedar, Hadas. E)
- NEPCAP Policy Brief Special Issue: Taking stock of a decade of social media struggles in the Arab world (Dr Al-Ghazzi, Omar)
- NEPCAP Policy Brief Special Issue: Scheme of Chinese Information Operation in Taiwan and Possible Regulatory Options (Wu, Min-Hsuan, Kao. S)
- Civic Diplomacy and Deepening Taiwan's Democracy: Lessons learned from Formosa Salon (Bo-Yi Lee)
- Why Promote Taiwan through Civil Society (Michael Danielsen)
- NEPCAP Policy Brief 2020/02: Taiwan Citizen Diplomacy (Dr Zemanek, Adina)
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- Trilateral Relations under the Trump Administration (Dr. Karalekas, Dean)
- Gazing at the Trauma: Tianxia, Chinese political theology, and Xi Jing-ping’s address on Taiwan in 2019 (Liang, Chia-Yu)
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- Taiwan's political normalization? (Danielsen, Michael)
- Taiwan’s Midterm Elections: How Did the Chinese View Them? (Wang, Tao)
Affiliated research fellow
Dr Jung is Assistant Professor at Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies, Keimyung University in South Korea. She obtained her PhD and MA degree at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in Mexico City, Mexico. Currently, she is a Director of the board at the Korean Political Science Association, and a committee member at the Global City Section Daegu Metropolitan City, South Korea. Dr Jung has conducted several research papers with Dr Sojin Lim at the IKSU, UCLan.
Events
The Role of Social Media in Shaping (Un)Democratic Processes
On the 9 of March 2020, we hosted an international roundtable at the People’s History Museum in Manchester. It featured talks from 11 participants.
Speakers:
- George Ogola, UCLan
- Nicole Yung Au, Oxford Internet Institute
- Haddas Emma Kedar, Independent Scholar
- Brian Ball, New College of Humanities
- Wu Min Hsuan, Deputy CEO of Doublethink Lab
- Dickens Olewe, BBC Journalist
- Omar Al-Ghazzi, Assistant Professor from the LSE
- Filip Jirous, Prague-based Synopsis Organisation
- Gizem Gültekin dr.Várkonyi, LLM in European Public Law University of Szeged
- Lara Momesso, UCLan
- Ti-han Chang, UCLan
- Adina Zemanek, UCLan
Recent Trends in Cross-Strait Relations
The third instalment of our NEPCAP roundtable series took place on 11 February 2019, discussing the talk given by General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping, and the response from President Tsai.
It was organised around three themes:
- Political response to Xi Jinping’s talk
- The future direction of Taiwan and China
- The development of cross-strait relations
Speakers:
- Andreas Fulda, University of Nottingham
- Chia-yu Liang, University of Sussex
- Dean Karalekas, Taiwan Centre for Security Studies
- Niki Alsford, UCLan
- Peter Gries, University of Manchester
- Stephane Corcuff, Lyon University
- Tao Wang, University of Manchester
UK Secondary Education and Korea
In October 2019, we collaborated with the International Institute of Korean Studies to host a roundtable on UK Secondary Education and Korea. The session explored the role and feasibility of Korean topics being taught in UK Secondary Education. You can watch a video recording of the roundtable in the University Media Library.
Speakers:
- Dr Sojin Lim, UCLan
- Mr Aaron Wilkes, St James Academy
- Dr Ed Griffith, UCLan
- Dr Michael Maddison, Maddison Education Consultancy
- Dr Niki Alsford, UCLan
- Dr Owen Miller, SOAS
- Mr Richard McFahn, University of Sussex
- Mr Sangwoo-Jason Rhee, UCLan
Remembering Su Beng 1918–2019: Taiwan and its 400 Year History
On 28 October 2019, we hosted a roundtable discussing 400 years of Taiwan History and Su Beng’s life and achievements as one of Taiwan’s long standing independence activists.
Speakers:
- Dr Niki Alsford
- Dr Adina Zemanek
- Dr Ti-han Chang
- Dr Lara Momesso
Linking Academic Research into Policy and Practice: North Korea and Beyond
We held our first roundtable event on 2 July 2018. Participants discussed how to build up long-term partnerships with stakeholders to maximise impact of our policy research and case studies.
The roundtable was organised based on the following three themes:
- Roles of Stakeholders in North Korea and its Development
- Future Directions of Korea Peninsula and Beyond
- Academic Research into Policy and Practice
Speakers:
- Benedict Rogers, Christian Solidarity Worldwide
- Ed Griffith, University of Central Lancashire
- Gabriel Jonsson, Stockholm University
- John Nilsson-Wright, Chatham House
- Mike Cowin, UK FCO
- Niki Alsford, University of Central Lancashire
- Robert Kelly, Pusan National University
- Sebastien Berger, AFP
- Sojin Lim, University of Central Lancashire
- Virginie Grzelczyk, Aston University
Post-Election Analysis in Taiwan
Our second roundtable event was held on the 30 November 2018. Participants discussed the results of the Taiwan general Elections and what it means for future policies.
The roundtable was organised based on the following three themes:
- Possible future direction of Taiwan
- Political allegiances of the public
- Role of Protests and Taiwan March Foundation in Taiwan Political economy
Speakers:
- Dr Dafydd Fell, SOAS
- Lin-Fei Fan, President of the Taiwan March Foundation
- Michael Danielsen, Chairman of Taiwan Corner
- Tao Wang, PhD student at the University of Central Manchester
Contact us
Northern England Policy Centre for the Asia Pacific (NEPCAP)
Adelphi Building, AB148
University of Central Lancashire
Preston
PR1 2HE
Tel: +44 (0)1772 89 4511
Email: Institute for the Study of Asia Pacific