Professor of Comparative Politics, Soka University of America

I am a Political Scientist (PhD: UBC 2011) teaching in International Studies at Soka University of America.  I have worked for Asian Human Rights NGOs (Forum Asia), the Carter Center, the Canadian Government, and the European Union. I am currently the Coordinator of Soka’s Learning Cluster Program, and am former Director of International Studies and the Pacific Basin Research Center. My research and teaching interests related to politics in Southeast Asia, armed conflict, state and society, democratization, and religious politics.

My books include Civilian Strategy in Civil War: Insights from Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines (Palgrave 2014, available here), Explaining the Genetic Footprint of Catholic and Protestant Colonizers (Palgrave 2015, available here), The Pacific Basin: An Introduction (co-edited with Michael Weiner, Routledge 2017, available here), Internal Migration: Challenges in Governance and Integration (co-edited with William Ascher, available here), Fighting Armed Conflicts in Southeast Asia (Cambridge Element 2020, available here), and Moving within Borders: Addressing the Potentials and Risks of Mass Migrations in Developing Countries (Palgrave Springer 2024, available here).

Check out my Google Scholar page, and Barter CV (updated January 2021).
My Twitter handle is @ShaneSidney87.