Paul O’shea
Biographic Data
| ID | 4222736 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul O’shea |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | O’shea |
| SIGNATURE | O’SHEA P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lund University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1080-0277 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Emotional Regimes and Refuges
This article explores the emotional regimes and refuges developed by male inmates in Nazi concentration camps (KL), focusing on Dachau, Mauthausen and Sachsenhausen. Drawing on survivor testimonies and memoirs, it argues that the SS imposed a top-down emotional regime designed to dehumanize and control prisoners through emotional repression and behavioural conformity. Inmates internalized and enforced these norms, not only to avoid punishment but…
Mediating official misinformation
Public health misinformation has historically been associated with groups that are not linked to officially recognized or legitimate sources of public health communication, such as government agencies and public media. Recent years, however, have seen the rise of misinformation promoted by official and authoritative sources, as exemplified by US President Donald Trump’s choices of vaccine sceptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr as US health secretary and CO…
Jewish Men and the Holocaust
The US–Japan alliance and the role of the US Marines on Okinawa in extended deterrence
The relocation of the controversial Marine base at Futenma on Okinawa to Henoko in the north of the same island has been framed by Japanese politicians, officials, and analysts as crucial to deterrence. Critics respond that deterrence is merely a pretext, and the relocation is a politically convenient solution that perpetuates discrimination against Okinawa by the central government in Tokyo. This article draws on deterrence theory to evaluate th…
Rethinking change in Japan's security policy
Change in Japanese foreign and security policy has long been characterized as "incremental".However, Japan's response to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine provides an opportunity to reconsider this paradigm.In the aftermath of the 2014 annexation of Crimea, then-Prime Minister Abe Shinz chose not to put Crimea on the agenda, prioritizing instead relations with Russia.However, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio responded to the 2022 invasion by increasi…
The 2020/2021 Tokyo Olympics
The Tokyo 2020/2021 Olympics will go down in history as the 'Pandemic Games'. Postponed by a year due to Covid-19, they were eventually held despite broad public protest and amidst the Delta variant wave. Japan brought home a record haul of medals, yet Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide resigned in ignominy shortly after the Games ended. So, was Tokyo 2020/2021 a 'success' or a 'failure', and for whom? We examine the policy and politics of the Games, …
Let's eat Fukushima
The Fukushima nuclear disaster posed food safety risks on an unprecedented scale in Japan. In its immediate aftermath, information on the scale and the extent of the contamination of the food chain was scarce. Facing an anxious public, the government was tasked with defining and ensuring food safety amidst uncertainty. Via three case studies spanning from 2011 to 2020, this article draws on risk communication theory to analyze the Japanese govern…
The Territory of Japan
The Territory of Japan: Its History and Legal Basis was first published in Japanese in 2002, revised in 2010, and has now been translated into English and published as part of the Japan Library project. The project’s stated goal is to translate Japanese books into English and, in doing so, to introduce readers to ‘the diverse and multi-layered aspects of Japan and Japanese thought’ and ‘the rich and colorful world of Japan’, in order to ‘light th…
Making the alliance even greater”
President Donald Trump’s “America First” policy questions the fundamentals of the global U.S.-led alliance network. Where other allies implemented hedging strategies, Japan’s Prime Minister Abe Shinzō pledged to “make the alliance even greater,” insisting that the bilateral ties were “airtight” and “stronger than ever before.” However, Trump’s approach to trade, détente with North Korea, and off-the-cuff remarks regarding nuclear weapons invigora…
Strategic narratives and US military bases in Japan
Governed directly by the US from the Battle of Okinawa in 1945 until its reversion to Japan in 1972, the island of Okinawa hosts the majority of US military bases in Japan despite comprising only a fraction of a percent of the total land area. The central government in Tokyo has refused to countenance revision of the status quo in the face of increasing local opposition, including mass protests and the election of anti-base politicians at the loc…
Regional Risk and Security in Japan
Japan’s unusual position in the realm of international politics encapsulates a three-fold juxtaposition: both in and out of Asia, both occupied by and a close ally of the United States, and both a key trade partner and a strategic rival of China. Whilst international relations theory offers a number of ways to analyse these relations, this book instead utilizes the concept of risk to provide an innovative perspective on Japan’s relations with Chi…
The East China Sea maritime and territorial dispute
Over the past 20 years the East China Sea territorial and maritime dispute has become a key flashpoint in East Asia. Although the dispute has caused diplomatic and economic damage, its existence suits the key actors involved, thus reducing the incentive for resolution. The dispute undergirds the Chinese Communist Party's nationalist credentials and thus its legitimacy. The Abe Shinzō administration in Tokyo can use the dispute as an example of th…
Dodgy dumplings and lethal liver
The nature of food risk in Japan has undergone a qualitative change in recent years. This article synthesises insights from psychology, economics, and political science into an interdisciplinary risk approach to show how international relations impact consumer decisions in Japan by outlining how food risks are constructed and framed within existing narrative frameworks. To this end, the article employs two case studies: the gyōza incident in 2008…
How Economic, Strategic, and Domestic Factors Shape Patterns of Conflict and Cooperation in the East China Sea Dispute
Despite frequent talk of conflict and even war, economic and strategic factors suggest that the Sino–Japanese dispute over the East China Sea will not erupt into hot conflict, at least for the time being. However, for domestic reasons, overt cooperation remains a distant prospect
Eugenio Pacelli—Man and Pope
At the time of his death in October 1958, Pope Pius XII was remembered as a great and good man who had worked tirelessly for peace throughout his -nineteen-year pontificate. World leaders paid him fulsome tributes, and -accounts of his life and the details of his funeral were posted on the front pages of many of the world's leading newspapers and seen by hundreds of thousands on newsreels and television. Within the Catholic Church, Pius was the l…
Dodgy dumplings and lethal liver
The nature of food risk in Japan has undergone a qualitative change in recent years. This article synthesises insights from psychology, economics, and political science into an interdisciplinary risk approach to show how international relations impact consumer decisions in Japan by outlining how food risks are constructed and framed within existing narrative frameworks. To this end, the article employs two case studies: the gyōza incident in 2008…
Making the alliance even greater”
President Donald Trump’s “America First” policy questions the fundamentals of the global U.S.-led alliance network. Where other allies implemented hedging strategies, Japan’s Prime Minister Abe Shinzō pledged to “make the alliance even greater,” insisting that the bilateral ties were “airtight” and “stronger than ever before.” However, Trump’s approach to trade, détente with North Korea, and off-the-cuff remarks regarding nuclear weapons invigora…
Strategic narratives and US military bases in Japan
Governed directly by the US from the Battle of Okinawa in 1945 until its reversion to Japan in 1972, the island of Okinawa hosts the majority of US military bases in Japan despite comprising only a fraction of a percent of the total land area. The central government in Tokyo has refused to countenance revision of the status quo in the face of increasing local opposition, including mass protests and the election of anti-base politicians at the loc…
Rethinking change in Japan's security policy
Change in Japanese foreign and security policy has long been characterized as "incremental".However, Japan's response to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine provides an opportunity to reconsider this paradigm.In the aftermath of the 2014 annexation of Crimea, then-Prime Minister Abe Shinz chose not to put Crimea on the agenda, prioritizing instead relations with Russia.However, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio responded to the 2022 invasion by increasi…
How Economic, Strategic, and Domestic Factors Shape Patterns of Conflict and Cooperation in the East China Sea Dispute
Despite frequent talk of conflict and even war, economic and strategic factors suggest that the Sino–Japanese dispute over the East China Sea will not erupt into hot conflict, at least for the time being. However, for domestic reasons, overt cooperation remains a distant prospect
The East China Sea maritime and territorial dispute
Over the past 20 years the East China Sea territorial and maritime dispute has become a key flashpoint in East Asia. Although the dispute has caused diplomatic and economic damage, its existence suits the key actors involved, thus reducing the incentive for resolution. The dispute undergirds the Chinese Communist Party's nationalist credentials and thus its legitimacy. The Abe Shinzō administration in Tokyo can use the dispute as an example of th…
Eugenio Pacelli—Man and Pope
At the time of his death in October 1958, Pope Pius XII was remembered as a great and good man who had worked tirelessly for peace throughout his -nineteen-year pontificate. World leaders paid him fulsome tributes, and -accounts of his life and the details of his funeral were posted on the front pages of many of the world's leading newspapers and seen by hundreds of thousands on newsreels and television. Within the Catholic Church, Pius was the l…
Regional Risk and Security in Japan
Japan’s unusual position in the realm of international politics encapsulates a three-fold juxtaposition: both in and out of Asia, both occupied by and a close ally of the United States, and both a key trade partner and a strategic rival of China. Whilst international relations theory offers a number of ways to analyse these relations, this book instead utilizes the concept of risk to provide an innovative perspective on Japan’s relations with Chi…
The East China Sea maritime and territorial dispute
Over the past 20 years the East China Sea territorial and maritime dispute has become a key flashpoint in East Asia. Although the dispute has caused diplomatic and economic damage, its existence suits the key actors involved, thus reducing the incentive for resolution. The dispute undergirds the Chinese Communist Party's nationalist credentials and thus its legitimacy. The Abe Shinzō administration in Tokyo can use the dispute as an example of th…
Dodgy dumplings and lethal liver
The nature of food risk in Japan has undergone a qualitative change in recent years. This article synthesises insights from psychology, economics, and political science into an interdisciplinary risk approach to show how international relations impact consumer decisions in Japan by outlining how food risks are constructed and framed within existing narrative frameworks. To this end, the article employs two case studies: the gyōza incident in 2008…
How Economic, Strategic, and Domestic Factors Shape Patterns of Conflict and Cooperation in the East China Sea Dispute
Despite frequent talk of conflict and even war, economic and strategic factors suggest that the Sino–Japanese dispute over the East China Sea will not erupt into hot conflict, at least for the time being. However, for domestic reasons, overt cooperation remains a distant prospect
Strategic narratives and US military bases in Japan
Governed directly by the US from the Battle of Okinawa in 1945 until its reversion to Japan in 1972, the island of Okinawa hosts the majority of US military bases in Japan despite comprising only a fraction of a percent of the total land area. The central government in Tokyo has refused to countenance revision of the status quo in the face of increasing local opposition, including mass protests and the election of anti-base politicians at the loc…
The Territory of Japan
The Territory of Japan: Its History and Legal Basis was first published in Japanese in 2002, revised in 2010, and has now been translated into English and published as part of the Japan Library project. The project’s stated goal is to translate Japanese books into English and, in doing so, to introduce readers to ‘the diverse and multi-layered aspects of Japan and Japanese thought’ and ‘the rich and colorful world of Japan’, in order to ‘light th…
Making the alliance even greater”
President Donald Trump’s “America First” policy questions the fundamentals of the global U.S.-led alliance network. Where other allies implemented hedging strategies, Japan’s Prime Minister Abe Shinzō pledged to “make the alliance even greater,” insisting that the bilateral ties were “airtight” and “stronger than ever before.” However, Trump’s approach to trade, détente with North Korea, and off-the-cuff remarks regarding nuclear weapons invigora…
Let's eat Fukushima
The Fukushima nuclear disaster posed food safety risks on an unprecedented scale in Japan. In its immediate aftermath, information on the scale and the extent of the contamination of the food chain was scarce. Facing an anxious public, the government was tasked with defining and ensuring food safety amidst uncertainty. Via three case studies spanning from 2011 to 2020, this article draws on risk communication theory to analyze the Japanese govern…
The 2020/2021 Tokyo Olympics
The Tokyo 2020/2021 Olympics will go down in history as the 'Pandemic Games'. Postponed by a year due to Covid-19, they were eventually held despite broad public protest and amidst the Delta variant wave. Japan brought home a record haul of medals, yet Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide resigned in ignominy shortly after the Games ended. So, was Tokyo 2020/2021 a 'success' or a 'failure', and for whom? We examine the policy and politics of the Games, …
The US–Japan alliance and the role of the US Marines on Okinawa in extended deterrence
The relocation of the controversial Marine base at Futenma on Okinawa to Henoko in the north of the same island has been framed by Japanese politicians, officials, and analysts as crucial to deterrence. Critics respond that deterrence is merely a pretext, and the relocation is a politically convenient solution that perpetuates discrimination against Okinawa by the central government in Tokyo. This article draws on deterrence theory to evaluate th…
Rethinking change in Japan's security policy
Change in Japanese foreign and security policy has long been characterized as "incremental".However, Japan's response to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine provides an opportunity to reconsider this paradigm.In the aftermath of the 2014 annexation of Crimea, then-Prime Minister Abe Shinz chose not to put Crimea on the agenda, prioritizing instead relations with Russia.However, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio responded to the 2022 invasion by increasi…
Emotional Regimes and Refuges
This article explores the emotional regimes and refuges developed by male inmates in Nazi concentration camps (KL), focusing on Dachau, Mauthausen and Sachsenhausen. Drawing on survivor testimonies and memoirs, it argues that the SS imposed a top-down emotional regime designed to dehumanize and control prisoners through emotional repression and behavioural conformity. Inmates internalized and enforced these norms, not only to avoid punishment but…
Mediating official misinformation
Public health misinformation has historically been associated with groups that are not linked to officially recognized or legitimate sources of public health communication, such as government agencies and public media. Recent years, however, have seen the rise of misinformation promoted by official and authoritative sources, as exemplified by US President Donald Trump’s choices of vaccine sceptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr as US health secretary and CO…
Jewish Men and the Holocaust
Political science (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Politics (8 works) · Business (6 works) · China (6 works) · International trade (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · International Relations and Foreign Policy (5 works)