Assessing the effect of trade-based money laundering on terror financing. An Asian perspective.

1 year ago

Demonstrating a terrorist financing typology, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) documented a case study involving an alternative remittance system…

The EU strategic autonomy plan: an opportunity for Indonesia’s non-alignment policy

1 year ago

The European Union seems to be waking up from a 30-year geopolitical slumber with the combined Ukrainian and Covid-19 crises.…

The economic rationale for China’s pivot to Vietnam

1 year ago

There has been a lot of media coverage around the recent escalation of high-level negotiations underway between China and Vietnam.…

The ambiguous position of the South Korean semiconductor industry in the US-China tech war

1 year ago

On 7 October, the US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a new round of restrictions to prevent China…

China’s LOGINK digital platform: a weapon to bring about a new economic hegemon through data control, ownership, and manipulation?

2 years ago

Since the article published on this website in 2021, on China's drive towards creating a global smart supply chain integration…

The race for energy sovereignty. The case of China’s EV strategy

2 years ago

According to the successive Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, transportation is a major polluter with around 7.3 billion…

Leaving Hong Kong for a fresh air of democracy in Mongolia

2 years ago

A version of this article was published in Swedish by Sweden's leading business daily Dagens Industri. It feels like I…

As the global ‘Clash of civilizations’ intensifies, what is the end game?

2 years ago

Recently, the British PM hopeful Rishi Sunak joined the chorus of leaders blaming China for every evil in the world.…

The economics of maritime cybersecurity: chokepoints & vulnerabilities in the Indo-Pacific

2 years ago

The fifth domain’s consequential dominance and spatial presence in the cyberspace convey perplexity in the safety and security of humanity.…

Japan’s defense industry in dire straits

2 years ago

This article was originally published in French by le Portail de l'IE, in May 2022. Thank you to the author…