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Nuclear Geopolitics in the Asia-Pacific

Introduction The Pacific region has been a geopolitical theatre of complex and multifaceted nuclear politics, marked by key milestones that have shaped the trajectory of international relations. This represents a period of seventy-five years that has passed through a related series of events marked by the near-total devastation of two Japanese cities and the deaths […]

Full Citation Information:
Peters, M. A. (2024). Nuclear Geopolitics in the Asia-Pacific. PESA Agora. https://pesaagora.com/columns/nuclear-geopolitics-in-the-asia-pacific/

Michael A. Peters

Michael A. Peters (FRSNZ, FHSNZ, FPESA) is a globally recognised scholar whose interdisciplinary work spans philosophy of education, political economy and ecological civilisation. He holds the distinction of Emeritus Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U.S.A.), Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University (P.R. China), and Research Associate in the Philosophy Program at Waikato University (New Zealand).

Previously, he served as Distinguished Professor of Education at Beijing Normal University (2018–2024) and held prestigious appointments including Personal Chair at the University of Auckland (2000), Research Chair at the University of Glasgow (2000–2006), Excellence Hire Professor at the University of Illinois (2005–2011), and Professor of Education at the University of Waikato (2011–2018).

A prolific author, Professor Peters has written over 120 books and 500 articles, shaping discourse in educational theory, philosophy, and critical policy studies. He served as Editor-in-Chief of Educational Philosophy and Theory for 25 years and founded multiple international journals, cementing his role as a leader in academic publishing.

His contributions have been honoured with fellowships in the Royal Society of New Zealand (FRSNZ, 2008) and the Humanities Society of New Zealand (FHSNZ, 2006), alongside honorary doctorates from State University of New York (SUNY, 2012) and the University of Aalborg (2015).

His latest research explores post-apocalyptic philosophy and ecological futures, including the forthcoming Civilisational Collapse and the Philosophy of Post-Apocalyptic Survival (Peter Lang, 2025). He is currently editing the Handbook of Ecological Civilization (Springer, 2025), advancing critical dialogues on sustainability and global transformation.

For more on his work, visit: https://michaeladrianpeters.com/

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A new issue of Interstices: The Arts of Spinoza + Pacific Spinoza

A special issue of Interstices: Journal of Architecture and Related Arts on Spinoza has now been published: “The Arts of Spinoza + Pacific Spinoza,” edited by Eu Jin Chua and Farzaneh Haghighi. See https://interstices.ac.nz/index.php/Interstices/issue/view/37 As Chua writes in the introduction, there are probably more people interested in Spinoza now than any other time in history. It seems more true than […]