{"id":12603,"date":"2024-03-29T15:15:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T06:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/?p=12603"},"modified":"2025-11-07T09:36:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T00:36:24","slug":"alexander-bukh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/faculty-en\/12603","title":{"rendered":"Alexander BUKH"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Position: <\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW31381882 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31381882 BCX8\">Professor<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Degree:<\/strong> PhD in International Relations, LSE<\/li>\n<li><strong>Background:<\/strong>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Program Officer, Sasakawa Peace Foundation (2000-2001)<br \/>\nTeacher, London School of Economics (2002-2004)<br \/>\nPostdoctoral Fellow, Waseda University (2006-2008)<br \/>\nAssociate Professor, Tsukuba University (2008-2012)<br \/>\nSenior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington (2012-2019)<br \/>\nAssociate Professor, Victoria University of Wellington (2020-2024)<br \/>\nProfessor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University (2024-recent)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Field of Specialization<\/h3>\n<p>International Relations, International Relations of Northeast Asia, Japan-Korea and Japan-Russia Relations<\/p>\n<h3>Research Theme<\/h3>\n<p>Japan-Korea Relations in the Post-war Era, Territorial Disputes in Northeast Asia, Identity and Non-state Actors in International Relations<\/p>\n<h3>Major Works \/ Publications \/ Awards<\/h3>\n<h4>Major Works \/ Publications<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>These Islands are Ours! The Social Construction of Territorial Disputes in Northeast Asia (Stanford University Press 2020)<\/li>\n<li><em>Japan\u2019s National Identity and Foreign Policy: \u201cRussia\u201d as Japan\u2019s \u201cOther\u201d<\/em> (Routledge 2009)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe productive power of rising China and national identities in South Korea and Thailand,\u201d Pacific Review 35(4), 2022<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Korean National Identity, Civic Activism and the Dokdo\/Takeshima Territorial Dispute,&#8221; Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, 3(2) 2016<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Russia&#8217;s Image and Soft Power Resources in Southeast Asia: Perceptions among Young Elites in Laos, Thailand and Vietnam,&#8221; Contemporary Southeast Asia 38(3), 2016<\/li>\n<li>\u201cShimane Prefecture, Tokyo and the Territorial Dispute over Dokdo\/Takeshima: Regional and National Identities in Japan\u201d, Pacific Review 28(1), 2015<\/li>\n<li>\u201cRevisiting Japan\u2019s Cultural Diplomacy: A Critique of the Agent-Level Approach to Japan\u2019s Soft Power\u201d, Asian Perspective 38, 2014<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Awards<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Asia-Pacific Distinguished Book Award, International Studies Association (2022)<\/li>\n<li>Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title, sponsored by the American Library Association (2020)<\/li>\n<li>Keynote Speaker, UK Joint East Asian Studies Conference (2019)<\/li>\n<li>East Asia Institute Fellowship, South Korea (2016)<\/li>\n<li>Royal Society of New Zealand, Marsden Grant (2014-2017)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Academic Societies \/ Service to Society<\/h3>\n<h4>Academic Societies<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>International Studies Association (ISA)<\/li>\n<li>Association for Asian Studies (AAS)<\/li>\n<li>Association for Borderland Studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Service to Society<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Regional Editor (Asia),Journal of Borderland Studies,2014- present Consultant, the Asia Foundation (2013 and 2019)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Research Project<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>MA: Politics and International Relations in Northeast Asia<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D.: Politics and International Relations in Northeast Asia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Research Theme, Outline of Project Research Seminar, Message to Prospects<\/h3>\n<p>This research project seminar welcomes students working on topics related to politics and international relations in Northeast Asia. I am particularly interested in topics related to nationalism, identities, historical memory, territorial disputes, non-state actors, the interplay of domestic and international politics as well as the respective roles of the Korean Peninsula, Japan, and Russia in the region but students working on other issues or countries and using qualitative methodologies are also welcome.<\/p>\n<h3>Course List<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/w-rdb.waseda.jp\/html\/100003972_en.html#item_syllabus_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Course List<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Web Page \/ Researcher DB<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Alexander-Bukh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">researchgate<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Faculty Spotlights<\/h3>\n<h5>\u203bPlease click the thumbnail below to view the detailed version (PDF) or the interview video.<\/h5>\n<div class=\"table-wrapper\"><table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 64.0479%; height: 246px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 36.76%; height: 10px; text-align: center;\">\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u25c6Digital Book<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 23.8461%; height: 10px;\">\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u25c6Interview Video<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 236px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 36.76%; height: 236px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/02\/facultyspotlights_vol4_e_in.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14645\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/02\/facultyspotlights_vol4_j_in_Page1-610x864.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 23.8461%; height: 236px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ld1OBxGWees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ddba59b2744e7f410add61f2a17e4bd7-610x343.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ddba59b2744e7f410add61f2a17e4bd7-610x343.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ddba59b2744e7f410add61f2a17e4bd7-940x529.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ddba59b2744e7f410add61f2a17e4bd7-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ddba59b2744e7f410add61f2a17e4bd7-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ddba59b2744e7f410add61f2a17e4bd7.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"\/fire\/gsaps\/en\/about\/faculty\">Back<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u203b1<br \/>Professor<br \/>International Relations, International Relations of Northeast Asia, Japan-Korea and Japan-Russia Relations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12603"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16286,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12603\/revisions\/16286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}