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
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
Partners
- South China Sea Think Tank
- CSS Taiwan Center for Security Studies
- Asia Power Watch
Policy briefs
Affiliated research fellow
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
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Challenging stereotyped images of North Korea: opportunities to inform policymakers and the public understanding
Research led by Dr Sojin Lim on North Korea has informed policymakers’ approach to the country in the United Nations, the UK, the USA, and South Korea.
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: isapuclan@uclan.ac.uk