His work, and this homepage, centers on the modern and contemporary geopolitics, political economy, history, and societies of China, Japan, Korea and the Asia-Pacific with particular attention to themes of war, peace, revolution, inequality, the environment, world social change, international relations and historical memory.

He was the founding editor of The Asia-Pacific Journal link, a peer-reviewed on-line publication providing critical analysis of the forces shaping the Asia-Pacific and the world and edited it from 2003 to 2024.

He lives in New York and can be contacted at markselden38@gmail.com.

The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus is a peer-reviewed on-line publication providing critical analysis of the forces shaping the Asia-Pacific and the world. The Journal explores the geopolitics, economics, history, society, culture, international relations and environment of the modern and contemporary Asia-Pacific region.