James D.j. Brown
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Temple University
Japan
Biography
Professor Brown's key areas of expertise are Russian foreign policy, especially Russian-Japanese relations, and energy politics.
Research Interest
Professor Brown's current research focuses on Russian-Japanese relations, with particular regard to the territorial dispute over the Northern Territories/Southern Kurils. He also continues to work on the relationship between energy and foreign policy. Further to these topics, he has previously published research on the Soviet-Afghan War, media reporting of the Syrian conflict, and Edward Said's Orientalism. He was the winner of the Political Science Association's award for the best article published in Politics in 2010.
Publications
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"'Better one tiger than ten thousand rabid rats': Russian media coverage of the Syrian conflict," International Politics, 51(1), 1-22 (Jan. 2014).
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“'A nightmare painted by Goya’: Russian media coverage of the Syrian chemical weapons attacks in comparative perspective,†Problems of Post Communism, 62(4): 236-246 (June 2015).
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“Not Even Two? New developments in the territorial dispute between Russia and Japanâ€, The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, 13(38, 3), September 21, 2015.