Aims and Scope of Pacific Focus (PF) Pacific Focus(PF) is the journal jointly published by the Center for International Studies, Inha University, South Korea and the Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, U.S.A. Published triennially, PF is a peer-reviewed journal indexed and abstracted in the Social Sciences Citation Index, Social Scisearch, Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition. The journal’s remit is to represent the wide range of research interests covering security, regionalism, environment, migration, civil society, and multi-culturalism in the Asia-Pacific region. The journal represents neither particular approach nor methodology. Instead, it seeks to foster diverse perspectives, embracing all conceptual, normative, and empirical research of major sub-areas of regional political economy. It aims to stimulate and disseminate high quality research and scholarship of the Asia-Pacific region throughout the international academic community. It also aims to provide policy makers in Asia-Pacific countries with in-depth analyses of current issues and policy alternatives.