Professor Purnendra Jain

Qualifications

M.A. (Patna); M. Phil. (Delhi); Ph.D. (Griffitth)

Current Position
Professor, Centre for Asian Studies

President, Asian Studies Association of Australia (Jan 2011-Dec 2012)

Previously served as Head of Centre (various years), Associate Dean Higher Degrees and Associate Dean Research and President of the Japanese Studies Association of Australia (2003-2005)

President, Japanese Studies Association of Australia (2003-2005)

Major Visiting Positions

Research Associate (non-resident)- East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore (2008-10)

Visitng Fellow/Visiting Professor

Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo (Hongo campus)

Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University (New York);

 Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University;

East Asian Institute at National University of Singapore;

Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies at Oxford University

The University of Tokyo (komaba)

Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan

Shandong University, China

Beijing Forum: Invited Speaker

 Keynote/public lectures (Selected)

Conference on Intercultural Communication (Rikkyo University, Tokyo)

International Researh Centre for Japanese Studies (Hong Kong Conference) 

South Australia Japanese Language Teachers Association

Japan Australia Friendship Association

Royal United Services Institute of South Australia

Japan Australia Business Council SA

Institute of South Asian Studies (Singapore)

Teaching Interests

Politics, public policy and international relations of contemporary Japan; Australia's relations with the Asia Pacific region; regionalism and regional institutions; rise and fall of nation-states - comparative studies of politics and foreign policy of Japan, China and India.

Research Interests

Political development in the Asia Pacific region; defence and security issues; energy security, regional institutions; contemporary Japan; comparative politics of Asia focusing on Japan, China and India.

Publications

Books

Japan's Strategic Challenges in a Changing Regional Environment (with Lam Peng Er), Singapore: World Scientific (forthcoming June 2012).

The Engaging State: South Australia's Engagement with the Asia-Pacific Region (with John Spoehr), Adelaide: Wakefield Press ( forthcoming May 2012).

Japanese Politics Today: From Karaoke to Kabuki Decmocracy (co-editor with T. Inoguchi), New York: Pagrave Macmillan (2011).

Japan in Decline: Fact or Fiction? (lead editor) (UK: Global Oriental/Brill, 2011)

Nihon no Jichitai Gaiko (Japan's local diplomacy) (in Japanese) Tokyo: Keibundo, 2009.

Asia Pacific and a New International Order (co-editor with F. Patrikeeff and G. Groot) (2006).

Japan's Subnational Governments in International Affairs (Routledge, 2005).

Crisis and Conflict in Asia (co-edited with G. O'Leary and F. Patrikeeff ) (2002).

Japan's Foreign Policy Today (co-edited with T. Inoguchi) (2000).

Australasian Studies of Japan (editor) (1998).

Japanese Politics Today: Beyond Karaoke Democracy? (co-edited with T. Inoguchi) (1997).

Distant Asian Neighbours: Japan and South Asia (editor) (1996).

Gurasurutsu no Kokusai Koryu (Japan's Internationalisation at the Local Level) (co-author with T. Mizukami) 1996. [in Japanese].

Local Politics and Policy-Making in Japan, New Delhi: Commonwealth Publishers (1989).

Recent book chapters

Jain, Purnendra (2012) 'The Triple Disaster and Japan's  Energy and Climate Change Policy', in P. Jain and Lam P E (eds), Japan's Strategic Challenges in a Changing Regional Environment, Singapore: World Scientific (forthcoming 2012).

Jain, Purnendra (2012) (with Lam Peng Er), 'Japan's 21st Century Strategic Challenges', in P. Jain and Lam P E (eds), Japan's Strategic Challenges in a Changing Regional Environment, Singapore: World Scientific (forthcoming 2012).

Jain, Purnendra (2012) (with John Spoehr), 'The Engaging State - Australian Subnational Government Engagement with the Asia Pacific Region', in J. Spoehr and P. Jain (eds), The Engaging State: South Australia's Engagement with the Asia-Pacific Region, Adelaide: Wakefield Press.

Jain, Purnendra (2012) (with Peter Mayer), 'South Australia and India',  in J. Spoehr and P. Jain (eds), The Engaging State: South Australia's Engagement with the Asia-Pacific Region, Adelaide: Wakefield Press.

Jain, Purnendra (2012) 'South Australia and Japan', in J. Spoehr and P. Jain (eds), The Engaging State: South Australia's Engagement with the Asia-Pacific Region, Adelaide: Wakefield Press.

Jain, Purnendra (2011) 'Japan's Subnational Government: Toward Greater Decentralization and Participatory Democracy', in T. Inoguchi and P. Jain (eds) Japanese Politics Today, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Jain, Purnendra (with T. Inoguchi) (2011) 'From Karaoke to Kabuki Democracy: Japanese Politics Today', in T. Inoguchi and P. Jain (eds) Japanese Politics Today, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Jain, Purnendra and Alex Stephens (2011), 'Japan's Regional Engagement: Network Diplomacy' in Purnendra Jain and Brad Williams (eds) Japan in Decline: Fact or Fiction?  (UK: Global Oriental, early 2011).

Jain, Purnendra (with Brad Williams) (2011), 'Japan: Descending Asian Giant? in Purnendra Jain and Brad Williams (eds) Japan in Decline: Fact or Fiction?  (UK: Global Oriental, early 2011).

Jain, Purnendra (2008) 'Maldives at a Political and Economic Crossroads?, in T. Inoguchi (ed.) Asian Barometer, Human Beliefs and Values in Incredible Asia: South and Central Asia in Focus: Country Profiles and Thematic Analyses Based on the Asia Barometer Survey of 2005, Tokyo: Akashi Shoten.

Jain, Purnendra (2007) 'Japan's Energy Security in an era of Emerging Competition in the Asia Pacific', in Michael Wesley (ed.) Energy Security in Asia, London and New York: Routledge.

Jain, Purnendra and John Bruni (2006) 'American Acolytes: Tokyo, Canberra and Washington's Emerging Pacific Axis?^', in Brad Williams (ed.) Australia-Japan Defence and Security Relations, Routledge, 2006.

Jain, Purnendra and Felix Patrikeeff (2006) 'The Pacific Century and the Post-Cold War World' in P. Jain, F. Patrikeeff and G. Groot (eds), Asia-Pacific and a New International Order Responses and Options, New York: Nova Science.

Jain, Purnendra and Peter Mayer (2006) 'Asia-Pacific Political and Economic Circumstances in an Era of Global and Regional Transformation' in P. Jain, F. Patrikeeff and G. Groot (eds), Asia Asia-Pacific and a New International Order Responses and Options, New York: Nova Science.

Jain, Purnendra (2006) 'Forging New Bilateral Relations: Japan-China Cooperation at the Subnational Level', Lam Peng Er (ed.) Japan's Relations with China: Facing a Rising Power, London: New York, Routledge.

Jain, Purnendra (2002) 'India's Calculus of Japan's Foreign Policy in Pacific Asia', in T. Inoguchi (ed.), Japan's Asia Policy: Revival and Response, New York: Palgrave, 2002, pp. 211-236.

Jain, Purnendra (2002) 'Much Ado about Nothing? The Limited Scope of Political Reform in Japan', in Maswood, J., Graham, J., Miyajima, H. (eds), Japan: Change and Continuity, London and New York: Routledge Curzon, 2002, pp. 9-29.

Jain, Purnendra (2002) 'Perspectives on Crisis and Conflicts' (co-author) in Jain, P., O'Leary, G. and Patrikeeff, F. (eds) Crisis and Conflict in Asia: Local, National and Global Responses, New York: Nova Science, 2002, pp. 1-10.

Articles (refereed only)

Jain, Purnendra  (2010) (with Joel Rathus), 'Japan's Policy Fragmentation: The Japan-Australia FTA', in Morrell, E. and M. Barr (eds), Crises and Opportunities: Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the ASAA 2010, Adelaide, Canberra: Asian Studies Association of Australia, Inc and the University of Adelaide. ISBN 978-0-7258-1136-5. 

Jain, Purnendra (2010), 'Kan Naoto: Symbol of a New Politics in Japan', Japanese Studies, 30:2, September, pp. 284-294 .

Jain, Purnendra (2010) ' Japan-India Relations: Peaks and Troughs', The Round Table: The Commowealth Journal of International Affairs, 99:409, pp. 403-412.

Jain, Purnendra (2010) (with Peter Mayer) 'Beyond Cricket: Australia-India Evolving Relations', Australian Journal of Political Science, 45: 1, March, pp. 133 — 148

 

Jain, Purnendra (2009) 'Japan's expanding security networks: India and Australia', Indian Journal of Asian Affairs, June-December, pp.1-17.

Jain, Purnendra (2009) 'Japan and a New Asian Order' Journal of International Studies (Malaysia), Vol 5, 2009, pp. 1-18.

Jain, Purnendra (2008) 'Westward Ho! Japan Eyes India Strategically', Japanese Studies, 28:1, May, pp. 15-30.

Purnendra Jain (2007) 'New roadmap for Japan-India ties', Japan Focus, 4 September 2007, http://www.japanfocus.org/products/details/2514.

Jain, Purnendra (2007) 'Australia's Attitude Towards Asian Values and Regional Community Building', Politics and Policy, 35:1, pp. 26-41.

Jain, Purnendra (2006) 'Japan-Australia Security Ties and the United States: The Evolution of the Trilateral Dialogue Process and its Challenges', Australian Journal of International Affairs, 60:4, pp.521-535.

Jain, Purnendra (2006) 'A Balancing Act: Japan's Asia Challenge and India' Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, Vol. 2, pp. 74-89.

Jain, Purnendra (2006) 'An East Asian Community?Perspectives from Japan and Other Key Regional Players', Japanese Studies, 26:1.

Jain, Purnendra (2004) Japan's Sub-National Governments in China: Emerging Bilateral Relations', Global Change, Peace & Security, Vol.16, No.1, pp. 19-30.

Jain, Purnendra and John Bruni (2004) 'Japan, Australia and the US: Little NATO or Shadow Alliance?' International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 4:2, 2004, pp. 265-85.

Jain, Purnendra (2004) 'Local Political Leadership in Japan: A Harbinger of Systemic Change in Japanese Politics', Policy and Society, 23:1, pp.58-87.

Jain, Purnendra (2004) 'Democratic Development in Japan', Indian Journal of Asian Affairs, 17:1, pp. 35-66.

Jain, Purnendra (2003) 'Japan's Interest in the Indian Ocean', Journal of Indian Ocean Studies, 11:1, pp 8-23.

Jain, Purnendra and Hitoshi Yoshida (2003) 'Japan's Subnational Governments and their International Cooperation Programsâ?, Asian Profile, 31: 5, pp. 375-388.

Jain, Purnendra (2002) 'Nihon gaiko no atarashii akutaa to shite hiseifu soshiki' (NGOs as new actors in Japan's foreign relations), Toshi Seisaku Series No. 5/2002, Yokohama: Yokohama City University, pp. 55-65.

Jain, Purnendra (2002) 'The Catch-up State: E-Government in Japan', Japanese Studies, Vol. 22, Number 2, December 2002, pp. 237-55.

Occasional/Working Papers (Refereed)

Jain, Purnendra (2009) Japan's New National Security Networks, Background Brief No. 430, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore.

Jain, Purnendra (2008) From Condemnation to Strategic Partnership: Japan's Changing View of India-1998-2007, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore.

Jain, Purnendra (2004) Asia, Asian Values and Australia, Asia Pacific Papers, No. 3, Asia Pacific Research Center, Kobe Gakuin University, Japan.

Other Publications

(does not include dozens of op-ed pieces in such newspapers as Asia Times, The Australian, The Australian Financial Review, The Age, The Asian Age, The Pioneer, Daily Yomiuri, Asahi AERA, etc.)

Jain, Purnendra (2010) ‘Kenen sareru Nihon no jichitai no kokusai koryu no yukue’ (Where to from here: Japan’s local government and international exchange) Jichitai kkousaika Forum, volume 245, March, 6-7.

Jain, Purnendra (2008)' Australia's Asia Dilemma', Global Asia, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 86-93. www.globalasia.org

Jain, Purnendra (2008) 'Japanese Panel Calls for Power Shift to Regions' Federations, June-July. www.forumfed.org (http://www.forumfed.org/en/products/magazine/vol7_num3/V7N3_E.pdf)

Jain, Purnendra (2007) 'The China Factor in Japan's Rising Interest in India', Background Brief No. 326, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, March 2007.

Jain, Purnendra (2007) 'History and Memory: Enemies of Regional Cooperation in Northeast and South Asia', in Asian Values in the Globalizing World of the 21st Century, Asia Pacific Research Centre Kobe Gakuin University, Japan,, 191-205.

Jain, Purnendra (2006) 'Asian Values and Human Security: Some Definitional and Conceptual Concerns', in Asian Values in the Globalizing World of the 21st Century, Asia Pacific Research Centre Kobe Gakuin University, Japan, 2006, 338-346.

Jain, Purnendra and Glen Stafford (2005) 'Asia-Pacific and a New International Order: Responses and Optionsâ?, Australian Journal of International Affairs, September 2005.

Jain, Purnendra (2005) 'The 14th Biennial Japanese Studies Association of Australia Conference', Japan Foundation Newsletter, 30:1, Oct/Nov 2005, p. 7.

Jain, Purnendra (2004) 'Essay on Japanese Studies at the University of Adelaide', in Japan Foundation and Australia-Japan Research Centre, Directory of Japanese Studies in Australia and New Zealand, Canberra, ANU, 2004.

Jain, Purnendra and Hitoshi Yoshida (2003) 'Japan's New Channels of Aid and Cooperation: Local Government as an Actor', United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Division for Public Administration and Development Management, Global Forum Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting On Tracking The Reforms In Aid Delivery, Management And Accountability, Mexico City, 6-7 November 2003.

Jain, Purnendra (2001) 'Japan: Modern History', Encyclopaedia of The Far East and Australasia 2001, London: Europa Publications, Taylor & Francis Group.

 

Professional Associations

Member

Asian Studies Association of Australia
Japanese Studies Association of Australia

Japanese Politics Group (USA)
Australian Institute of International Affairs

International Political Science Association

Association of Asian Studies (USA)

Editorial Board Advisor

Asia Studies Series (edited by Takashi Inoguchi, President, Niigata Prefectural University (Japan) and G. John Ikenberry (Princeton University), New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Editorial Board Member
International Relations of the Asia Pacific Japanese Studies
International Review of Public Administration; Japanese Studies; East Asian Policy; Journal of International Studies

Management Committee Member

Australian Research Council Asia Pacific Futures Research Network (2005-2010); Convenor: ARC APFRN Japan/Korea Node (2005-2010)

Convenor

18th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Biennial Conference, 5-8 July 2010. 

President

 Japanese Studies Association of Australia (2003-2005)

Asian Studies Association of Australia (2011-2012)

Community Engagement

Opinion pieces have appeared in The Australian Financial Review, The Australian, the Age, The Advertiser (Adelaide), Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo); The Pioneer (New Delhi); The Asian Age (India); Asia Times Online (Hong Kong), Sage International, Radio Singapore International and World Politics Review.

OZAsia Ambassador

TV commentaries: ABC Asia Pacific Focus; ABC TV News 24; Reuters/Economic Times of India

Entry last updated: Monday, 23 Apr 2012