Northeast Asia in regional perspective

Northeast Asia is a regional imaginary of limited capture among both academics and the general public. As result, ongoing tensions relating to island claims, sea rights, borderlands, population mobilities, resource access are too rarely considered from Asian perspective. The region’s parameters also highly debated, with some conceptualizations restricted Japan Korean Peninsula, while more expansive considerations include Russia, South Korea, North China, Japan, Mongolia. We suggest that in addition these countries, even maritime border zones Asia-Pacific Arctic might be included as part Asia’s extent. In an effort advance scholarly research on Asia, this special issue brings together articles critically interrogate political, economic, cultural, environmental dynamics conditions. Articles approach region whole or employ specific case studies pertinent relations within and/or between its composite states, subregions, stakeholders. This introduction into relief unique history inter-imperial frontier role understudied European, Asian, American borderland. These broad themes require consideration site mass migrations, increasing fragility, tentative geo-economic integration, enduring geopolitical contestation. editors aim for collection subject frame varied modes geographic inquiry.