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Prof Chris Hughes, Head of Department, was quoted in an article appearing on 5 November in Jane's Defence Weekly entitled 'Briefing: Japan's new dawn'. Below is an excerpt from the piece:

For Christopher Hughes, professor of International Politics and Japanese Studies at Warwick University, Abe may be "out on the extreme, [but] he is not that detached from broader Japanese opinion" as far as China is concerned. Hughes said Japanese policymakers changed their perception of China in 2010 when the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) arrested a Chinese trawler captain off the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea after his vessel had rammed JCG ships.

On 12 November 2014, Stuart Elden gave a public lecture at Nottingham Contemporary gallery entitled 'Foucault, Subjectivity and Truth'. The lecture discussed Foucault's most recently published lecture course, within the context of a manuscript in progress entitled Foucault's Last Decade, forthcoming with Polity Press.

You can watch the video recording of the lecture and discussion below:

More information on the book can be found on Stuart's blog - http://progressivegeographies.com/future-projects/foucaults-last-decade/

Prof Chris Hughes, Head of Department, was quoted in an article appearing on 3 November in Defense News entitled 'Japan to Focus on Atago, PAC-3 Upgrades'. Below is an excerpt from the piece:

"One of the scenarios was the interception of missiles directed at US territory. I suppose this means Taepodong-2 targeted at Guam but perhaps beyond. I know that some Japanese defence planners privately stated that this scenario did not seem very realistic given that the US could likely fend for itself but also that even the upgraded SM-3 could not intercept anything approximating to an ICBM," Hughes said.

The latest issue of the world-leading political science journal, the American Political Science Review, features Professor Michael Saward’s new article ‘Shape-shifting Representation’. From the Notes from the Editors:

In the lead article to this issue, a central and fundamentally important question is addressed: How do we best conceptualize what representatives actually do? This is a key concern of democratic theory and a number of different models have been proposed. In “Shape-shifting representation”, Michael Saward proposes a new way of understanding the phenomenon. Representation doesn’t follow any one model, but is instead characterized by “shape-shifting”. The roles that representatives play shift from one time period to another, and from one theater to another. Sometimes representatives control shape-shifting to achieve their ends; sometimes new roles are thrust upon them. Moreover, Saward argues, shifting does not occur haphazardly. Rather, there are patterns that it exhibits. Saward’s argument promises to open a new and fruitful avenue for the theory of democracy and representation.

See American Political Science Review, vol. 108, issue 4, November 2014.

Ben Clift has co-edited a second journal special issue, this time of Modern and Contemporary France, on the Hollande Presidency with Raymond Kuhn (Queen Mary). It is entitled ‘The Hollande Presidency, 2012–14’

Read the new special issue of Modern & Contemporary France: ‘The Hollande Presidency, 2012–14.’ Enjoy free online access to the entire issue until the end of January 2015.

Start reading at: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cmcf20/22/4