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

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

1 year ago

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

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

1 year ago

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

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

1 year ago

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

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

1 year ago

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

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

2 years ago

Japan and globalization: how strategic imperatives drive political change

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

2 years ago

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

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

2 years ago

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

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

2 years ago

The economic rationale for China’s pivot to Vietnam

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

2 years ago

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

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

2 years ago