Belt & Road Initiative

Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs): a Trojan horse in Manila’s rich ghettos

While Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) handle online gaming for mainland Chinese players, considered an illegal operation in China, the…

3 years ago

Will future trade with China require digital integration with its Belt & Road Initiative?

With all the talk of supply chain dependency on China needing to “decouple” because of supply issues being exposed by…

3 years ago

Foreign firms in China must move up, on or out

Recent developments between China and the world bring to mind a 1960s Buffalo Springfield song: “There’s something happening here—What it…

3 years ago

L’Asie d’après…

Le 19 février 2021, le Comité Asie de l'Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale (IHEDN-Jeunes) a interviewé Nicolas Michelon,…

3 years ago

The death of multilateralism. Disruptions of the Trump era

On May 14, 2021, Asia Power Watch Founder & Chief Editor Nicolas Michelon discussed with Dr. John Bruni of SAGE…

3 years ago

Foreign Development Assistance by China, India and Russia: a compared analysis

In this paper, we study the concessional and non-concessional financial flows to developing countries provided by China, India and Russia…

3 years ago

What can be expected from the upcoming India-EU summit?

On May 8, the European Union and India will hold their 16th Summit aimed at strengthening their strategic partnership. Originally…

3 years ago

What does digital integration mean for trade, logistics and supply chains with China?

This article is a summary of a chapter that this author contributed in the recently-published "The Digital Transformation of Logistics:…

3 years ago

As China turns combative, is the world ready for game-changing disruptions?

This article was written in collaboration with Bipasha Bhardwaj. Bipasha is the co-founder and COO of Intelligentsia Risk Advisors, a…

3 years ago

Plurilateralism as a weapon of economic hegemony in the Asia-Pacific. The case of RCEP

On March 17, 2021, Asia Power Watch founder & editor Nicolas Michelon was invited by Brazil's Escola Superior de Propaganda…

3 years ago