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and its neighbors evolve, including the need for new adaptive
control mechanisms
✔ a detailed account of the national-level implementation of advanced protective relaying methods to enable higher levels of
renewable generation while coordinating generation response
to contingencies in Japan
✔ a comprehensive look at the operational security of the Australian
power system, focusing on how
system security can be achieved
by balancing technology and
market solutions, which can both
serve to improve or diminish
overall system security.
In addition, the " In My View " column
discusses some of the difficult issues related to power system security, such as
how security is defined, its relation to operational risk, what will change and what
will stay the same as grids evolve, and
how societies can achieve power system
security given all of its many facets.

Leader's Corner
The Asia and Pacific area-Region 10
of the IEEE Power & Energy Society
(PES)-encompasses the most populated areas of the world as reflected in the
size and growth of its PES membership.
This region is represented on the PES
governing board by Dean Sharafi, who
joins us in this issue to provide a glimpse
of the extent of diversity in activities,
events, and initiatives covered across
this varied landscape. The influence and
impacts on our profession are sure to
increase from Region 10, as we see reported in contributions to this magazine.

Book Reviews
We take a break from the " History " column this month to bring you two book
reviews. Mohammad Shahidehpour
provides a summary of and insight into
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Power System Applications by Lina
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