Articles

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

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

2 years ago

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

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

2 years ago

Leaving Hong Kong for a fresh air of democracy in Mongolia

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

2 years ago

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

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

2 years ago

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

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

2 years ago

Japan’s defense industry in dire straits

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

2 years ago

Credit ratings in China: pushing a narrative built in wonderland

On May 12, one of China’s largest property developers, Sunac China Holdings, admitted that it had defaulted on a $750…

2 years ago

Taiwan fights for its diplomatic survival in Latin America

This article was originally published in Spanish on ReporteAsia, and translated for The Diplomat. Thank you to the authors and…

2 years ago

Why business with China will never be the same again

If the stock market is the mood of the world at any given moment, as one job applicant in the…

3 years ago

America’s two Cold Wars

This article summarizes the author's latest book "America's Two Cold Wars. From Hegemony To Decline?", published in March 2022, by…

3 years ago