We, the Global COE program “Reshaping Japan’s Border Studies,”  are pleased to announce the founding of a new academic journal devoted to border studies here at Hokkaido University. This journal aims to integrate the scholarly expertise of Eurasia including Japan. There are some leading associations which publish scholarly journals such as the Journal of the Borderlands Studies of the Association for the Borderlands Studies (ABS), the Boundary & Security Bulletin of the International Boundaries Research Unit (IBRU) of Durham University, and Border Regions in Transition (BRIT). However, these associations are mostly based in Europe and North America. In contrast, however, there is no comprehensive and qualified journal on border studies in Asia and the former Soviet Union.