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Lunar New Year celebrations, typically in February, are a chance to promote Chinese culture abroad. But this year’s festive updates…

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With yesterday’s abrupt coup by the military junta in Myanmar, Japanese multinational companies (MNCs) are faced with enormous difficulties. After…

Eco-diplomacy and the Korean New Deal

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This article is a summary of the paper “South Korean New Deal and the Role of Eco-diplomacy”, published in the…

The US-Ecuador ODA agreement: a model in economic influence strategy?

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The final days of the Trump administration were marked by a largely unnoticed announcement which could turn out to be…

The future of EU – China investment cooperation

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It is not that Europe and the US were unaware of China’s development throughout the 20th century. Waking up in…

South Korea’s signing of RCEP and future implications

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South Korea’s President Moon Jae In has kept a close eye on the ASEAN region since the early days of…

Japan and Quad 2.0: three key challenges going forward

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This article was written in collaboration with Prof. Yoichiro Sato. A professor of International Relations and Asia-Pacific Studies at Ritsumeikan…

The intellectual property aspects of the US-China tech war

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“A battle is won by the side that is determined to win”, says Andrey Bolkonsky in Tolstoy’s famous novel War…

Economic warfare in 2021: business and economic climate among Asia-Pacific nations

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On December 11, 2020, Asia Power Watch editor Nicolas Michelon was invited by Dr Chester Cabalza of Philippines' International Development…

India and China in a tech nationalism tug-of-war

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The clouds have returned to the Sino-Indian sky, making the horizon even grayer for the relations between the Elephant and…