The challenge of the « 4Bs »: how to navigate a fractured geopolitical world

1 year ago

As the global landscape enters a “world between orders” and superpower rivalries multiply, businesses will have to navigate an increasingly…

Japan’s evolving cybersecurity landscape: a latecomer at a crossroads

1 year ago

Japan is a late comer when it comes to cybersecurity. Until recently, decisionmakers in Tokyo hardly considered the fifth domain…

What foreign firms can and cannot do to prepare for China’s foreign-spy law

2 years ago

This article was originally published on July 4, 2023 on holch.biz. Thank you to the author for the kind authorization…

The price of East-West economic warfare: Carlos Ghosn and the fate of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance

2 years ago

One cannot think of a better cautionary tale for East-West leadership than the spectacular rise and public fall of Carlos…

Strategic constraints and right-wing organizations in Japan: the case of the Nippon Kaigi

2 years ago

In recent years, an obscure nationalist organization has regularly hit the news in Japan. Known as Nippon Kaigi or “Japan…

Japan and globalization: how strategic imperatives drive political change. The case of the Meiji era.

2 years ago

The second article of the series on the subject of “how strategic imperatives drive political changes in Japan” is about…

Japan and globalization: how strategic imperatives drive political change

2 years ago

CURRENT STATE OF JAPANESE SECURITY AFFAIRS The need to balance China’s emergence as a global political and military player has…

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

2 years 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

2 years 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

2 years ago

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