Books
Kristin Surak (2023). The Golden Passport: Global Mobility for Millionaires. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Russian translation: Kristin Surak (2024). Золотой паспорт: глобальная мобильность для миллионеров. Fortis Press.
Dimitry Kochenov and Kristin Surak, eds. (2023). Citizenship and Residence Sales: Rethinking the Boundaries of Belonging. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Kristin Surak (2013). Making Tea, Making Japan: Cultural Nationalism in Practice. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Japanese translation: Kristin Surak (2018). MTMJ: 日本らしさと茶道 . Saihatesha Press: Tokyo.
Journal Articles
2025. Surak, Kristin. "Global Fields and Migration Regimes: Citizenship by Investment." British Journal of Sociology. DOI 10.1111/1468-4446.70011. Pp. 1-13.
2025. Surak, Kristin. “Myths at Work: Taming Imperial Histories with Tea.” Contemporary Japan. DOI 10.1080/18692729.2025.246449. Pp. 1-18.
2024. Surak, Kristin. “Do Passports Pay Off? Assessing the Economic Outcomes of Citizenship by Investment Programs.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. DOI 10.1080/1369183X.2024.2332825
2024. Surak, Kristin. “Citoyenneté à vendre: Stratégies de marchandisation de l’État.” Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales (ARSS). 251(1): 50-73.
2021. Surak, Kristin. "Marketizing Sovereign Prerogatives: How to Sell Citizenship.” European Journal of Sociology. 62(2): DOI: 10.1017/S0003975621000217
2021. Surak, Kristin and Yusuke Tsuzuki. "Are Golden Visas a Golden Opportunity? Assessing the Economic Origins and Outcomes of Residence by Investment Programs in the European Union.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2021.1915755
2020. Surak, Kristin. "Who Wants to Buy a Visa? Comparing the Uptake of Residence by Investment Programs in the European Union." Journal of Contemporary European Studies. DOI: 10.1080/14782804.2020.1839742
2020. Surak, Kristin. “Millionaire Mobility and the Sale of Citizenship.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2020.1758554
2020. Centeno, Miguel, Christopher Chase-Dunn, Nitsan Chorev, Marilyn Grell-Brysk, Hiroko Inoue, Paul Larcey, Victoria Reyes, and Kristin Surak. “For a Global Social Science.” Global Perspectives. 1(1). DOI: 10.1525/001c.11649
2018. Surak, Kristin. “Migration Industries and the State: Guestwork Programs in East Asia.” International Migration Review. 52(2): 487-523.
2017. Surak, Kristin. “Rupture and Rhythm: Toward a Phenomenology of National Experiences.” Sociological Theory. 35(4): 312-33.
2017. Surak, Kristin. “At the Margins of Multiculturalism: Assessing Kymlicka’s Liberal Multiculturalism in Japan.” Nationalism and Ethnic Politics. 23(2): 227-39.
2014. Surak, Kristin. “Re-Selling Japan[G1] .” New Left Review. (88): 139-49.
- Translated into Korean (“Ilbonŭl Tashi P'anda,” Nyurep'ŭt'ŭ Ribyu. (6) 2015: 409-27)
2013. Surak, Kristin. “Guestwork Regimes: A Taxonomy.” New Left Review. (84): 84-102.
- Translated into Spanish (“Gastarbeiter: Una Taxonomía,” NLR Secunda Época. (84) 2014: 94-114)
- Translated into Swedish (“Gästarbetare: en klassificering,” Marxistarkiv)
2013. Surak, Kristin. “Die Gastarbeiter” (Guestworkers). Merkur: Zeitschrift für europäisches Denken (Sonderheft). 9/10: 1024-35.
2012. Surak, Kristin. “Nation-Work: A Praxeology of Making and Maintaining Nations.” European Journal of Sociology. 53(2): 171-204.
2011. Surak, Kristin. “From Selling Tea to Selling Japaneseness: Symbolic Power and the Nationalization of Cultural Practices.” European Journal of Sociology. 52(2): 175-208
2010. Surak, Kristin. “The Business of Belonging.” New Left Review. (63): 151- 9.
- Translated into Spanish (“El Negocio de la Pertenencia,” NLR Secunda Época. (63) 2010: 149-58.)
2008. Surak, Kristin. “Convergence in Foreigners' Rights and Citizenship Policy? A Look at Japan.” International Migration Review. 42(3): 550-75.
2006. Surak, Kristin. “‘Ethnic Practices’ in Translation: Tea in Japan and the US.” Ethnic and Racial Studies. 29(5): 828-54.
Policy Reports and Working Papers
2024. Surak, Kristin. “The Misuse of Citizenship and Residence by Investment: Going Beyond the OECD/FATF Report to Assess Key Risks.” Social Policy Working Paper 02-14. London School of Economics and Political Science.
2021. Surak, Kristin. "Citizenship and Residence by Investment Schemes: State of Play and Avenues for EU Action.” European Added Value Assessment (EAVA) commissioned by the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS). Brussels: European Union.
- Cited by the OECD’s Financial Action Taskforce (FATF) report, “Misuse of Citizenship and Residency by Investment Programmes.” November 2023.
2021. Surak, Kristin. "The Economics of Investment Migration: The Citizenship Industry and Economic Outcomes." COMPAS: Centre on Migration, Policy and Society. Working Paper nr. 158. University of Oxford.
2021. Surak, Kristin. "Investment Migration Globally: The Dynamics of Supply and Demand." COMPAS: Centre on Migration, Policy and Society. Working Paper nr. 159. University of Oxford.
2003. Recchi, Ettore, Damian Tambini, Emiliana Baldoni, David Williams, Kristin Surak, and Adrian Favell. “Intra-EU Migration: A Socio-Demographic Overview.” PIONEUR Working Paper No. 3.
Book Chapters
2025. Surak, Kristin. “What are the Risks of Investment Migration? Going Beyond the Status Quo.” In Investment Migration in Europe and the World: Current Issues. Dimitry Kochenov, Madeleine Sumption, Martijn van den Brink, editors. Oxford: Hart Publishing. 143-169.
2023. Surak, Kristin. “Investment Migration: Empirical Developments in the Field and Methodological Issues in its Study.” In Citizenship and Residence Sales: Rethinking the Boundaries of Belonging. Dimitry Kochenov and Kristin Surak, editors. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 25-69.
2023. Kochenov, Dimitry and Kristin Surak. “Learning from Investment Migration.” In Citizenship and Residence Sales: Rethinking the Boundaries of Belonging. Dimitry Kochenov and Kristin Surak, editors. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1-21.
2021. Surak, Kristin. “Millionaires and Mobility: Inequality and Investment Migration Programs.” In Money Matters in Migration. Tesseltje de Lange and Willem Maas, editors. Cambridge University Press.
2020. Surak, Kristin. “Japan, Land of the Rising Right.” In The Emergence of Illiberalism. Boris Vormann and Michael Weinman, editors. London: Routledge.
2020. Surak, Kristin. “What Money Can Buy: Citizenship by Investment on a Global Scale.” In Deepening Divides: How Borders and Boundaries Drive Our World Apart. Didier Fassin, editor. London: Pluto Press. 21-38.
2017. Surak, Kristin. “Engaging Objects: A Phenomenology of the Tea Ceremony and Japaneseness.” In National Matters: Materiality, Culture, and Nationalism. Genevieve Zubrzycki, editor. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 173-92.
2017. Surak, Kristin. “Tea Flows: A Praxeological Perspective on Rituals.” In (Extra-)Ordinary Presence: Social Configurations and Cultural Repertoires, Markus Gottwald, Kay Kirchmann, and Heike Paul, editors. Bielefeld: Transcript-Verlag. 175-87.
2015. Surak, Kristin. “Guestworkers Globally.” In The Handbook of the Political Economy of Migration, Simon McMahon, editor. Surrey: Edward Elgar. 167-83.
2012. Surak, Kristin. “Migration Industries and Developmental States in East Asia.” In The Migration Industry and the Commercialization of International Migration, Ninna Nyberg Sørensen and Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, editors. London: Routledge. 89-110.
2010. Surak, Kristin. “Making Tea Japanese.” In Making Japanese Heritage, Rupert Cox and Christoph Brumann, editors. London: Routledge. 21-30.
Op Eds and Blogs
2025. Surak, Kristin. “There’s No Golden Lining for Trump’s Gold Card.” LSEAPP American Politics and Policy Blog. 11 March.
2024. Surak, Kristin. “Japan’s Ruling Party Takes a Heavy Blow.” Jacobin. 17 November.
2023. Surak, Kristin. “The Global Trade in Passports is the Latest Boom Industry Catering to the Superrich.” Jacobin. 1 October.
2023. Surak, Kristin. “Turkish Citizenship is a Hot Commodity.” The Wall Street Journal. 8 September.
2023. Surak, Kristin. “Staatsbürgershaft für 250.000 Dollar.“ Tagesspiegel. 18 August.
2022. Surak, Kristin. “How the Shocking Assassination of Shinzo Abe Could Change Japan’s Constitution.” Evening Standard. 8 July.
2021. Surak, Kristin. “Are Golden Visas a Golden Opportunity for Economic Development?” LSE Business Review. 26 May.
2021. Surak, Kristin. “Who Wants to Buy a Visa?” LSE European Politics and Policy Blog. 26 May.
2020. Surak, Kristin.“How COVID-19 will transform the market in investment migration.” Globalcit. 3 June.
2018. Surak, Kristin.“No Sex, Please.” Verso Press. 11 July.
2017. Surak, Kristin.“Hoping Against Hope: Japan’s Snap Elections.” International Politics and Society. 11 October.
2016. Surak, Kristin.“Serious About Relocating From Trump’s America? Here Are Your Exit Options.” The Washington Post. 15 November 15.
2015. Surak, Kristin.“受け入れにも積極的に” [Towards a Positive Reception (of refugees)]. Dōshin. P. 8, 23 November.
2015. Surak, Kristin. “Japan’s Battle for Peace.” Jacobin. 1 October.
2014. Surak, Kristin. “Shinzo Abe’s New Mandate.” The Diplomat. 21 December.
2014. Surak, Kristin. “保守化の懸念” [Concern About Increasing Conservativism]. Dōshin. P. 6, 17 December 17.
2014. Surak, Kristin. “The New Japanese Nationalism.” Jacobin. 19 August 19.
2014. Surak, Kristin. “Abemania.” OpenDemocracy. 9 July.
Other Print Publications
2025 Surak, Kristin. “Passports for Sale.” Jacobin Magazine. Issue 59: 122-126.
2022. Surak, Kristin. “Shinzo Abe Obituary.” The Guardian. 8 July.
2021. Surak, Kristin. “International Letters.” Sidecar. 1 January.
2020. Surak, Kristin. Review of Citizenship 2.0: Dual Nationality as a Global Asset by Yossi Harpaz. American Journal of Sociology. 126(3).
2019. Surak, Kristin. “Shinzo Abe and the Rise of Japanese Nationalism.” New Statesman. May 17: 22-25.
2019. Surak, Kristin. Review of Cultivating Femininity by Elizabeth Corbett and Gathering for Tea in Modern Japan by Taka Oshikiri. American Historical Review. 124(4):1440-1442.
2018. Surak, Kristin. “Japan’s Womanomics.” Jacobin Magazine (30): 60-4.
2016. Surak, Kristin. “Global Citizenship 2.0: The Growth of Citizenship by Investment Programs.” Investment Migration Working Papers, IMC-RP 2016/3.
2016. Surak, Kristin. “Kosmopoliten: Der Handel mit Staatsbürgerschaften als globales Geschäftsmodell” [Cosmpolites: The Trade in Citizenship as a Global Business Model]. Lettre International (115): 19-22. (Extended version of “Our Citizenship is Expensive!”)
- Translated into Romanian (“Cosmopoliṭii,” Lettre Internationale, (101-102) 2017: 37-41.
2016. Surak, Kristin. “Our Citizenship is Expensive!” London Review of Books. September 22:39-40.
2016. Surak, Kristin. “Back to Baku.” Los Angeles Review of Books. 4 August.
2014. Surak, Kristin. 「お茶の専門家から文化の専門家へ―家元制度の成立」[From Tea Specialists to Culture Specialists: The Formation of the Iemoto System] Wochikochi. Magazine of the Japan Foundation.
2014. Surak, Kristin. “Culture, Nation, and the Tea Ceremony.” Center for Comparative Japanese Studies Annual (10). 133-37.
2013. Surak, Kristin. “Karaoke im Liebeshotel.” Lettre International (101): 132.
2012. Surak, Kristin. “Die Ethnizitätsindustrie.” Lettre International (97): 114-8. (Extended version of “The Business of Belonging”)
2011. Surak, Kristin. Review of Japanese Women, Class, and the Tea Ceremony: The Voices of Tea Practitioners in Northern Japan, by Kaeko Chiba. Pacific Affairs 84(3): 580-1.
2010. Surak, Kristin. “Family Reunification in Europe and East Asia.” EUI Review (4): 17-8.
2010. Surak, Kristin. Review of Diaspora Without Homeland: Being Korean in Japan, Sonia Ryang and John Lie, editors. Pacific Affairs 83(4): 797-8.
2003. Recchi, Ettore, Damian Tambini, Emiliana Baldoni, David Williams, Kristin Surak, and Adrian Favell. “Intra-EU Migration: A Socio-Demographic Overview.” PIONEUR Working Paper No. 3.