FOIP Archives - Asia Power Watch https://asiapowerwatch.com/tag/foip/ an observatory of Asian economic power Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:50:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://asiapowerwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cropped-logo-Asie-1-32x32.jpg FOIP Archives - Asia Power Watch https://asiapowerwatch.com/tag/foip/ 32 32 Japan’s changing strategic approach to outer space security https://asiapowerwatch.com/japans-changing-strategic-approach-to-outer-space-security/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japans-changing-strategic-approach-to-outer-space-security https://asiapowerwatch.com/japans-changing-strategic-approach-to-outer-space-security/#respond Wed, 23 Aug 2023 11:08:04 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=3113 Space race in an age of international competition   China’s first successful use of an anti-satellite weapon (ASAT) to destroy one of its old weather satellites…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/japans-changing-strategic-approach-to-outer-space-security/feed/ 0 Strategic constraints and right-wing organizations in Japan: the case of the Nippon Kaigi https://asiapowerwatch.com/strategic-constraints-and-right-wing-organizations-in-japan-the-case-of-the-nippon-kaigi/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=strategic-constraints-and-right-wing-organizations-in-japan-the-case-of-the-nippon-kaigi https://asiapowerwatch.com/strategic-constraints-and-right-wing-organizations-in-japan-the-case-of-the-nippon-kaigi/#respond Wed, 28 Jun 2023 08:33:41 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=3071 In recent years, an obscure nationalist organization has regularly hit the news in Japan. Known as Nippon Kaigi or “Japan Conference”, this organization is accused…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/strategic-constraints-and-right-wing-organizations-in-japan-the-case-of-the-nippon-kaigi/feed/ 0 Japan and globalization: how strategic imperatives drive political change https://asiapowerwatch.com/japan-and-globalization-how-strategic-imperatives-drive-political-change/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japan-and-globalization-how-strategic-imperatives-drive-political-change https://asiapowerwatch.com/japan-and-globalization-how-strategic-imperatives-drive-political-change/#respond Wed, 15 Mar 2023 09:54:08 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=3040 CURRENT STATE OF JAPANESE SECURITY AFFAIRS The need to balance China’s emergence as a global political and military player has led Japan’s strategic bureaucracy to…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/japan-and-globalization-how-strategic-imperatives-drive-political-change/feed/ 0 The economics of maritime cybersecurity: chokepoints & vulnerabilities in the Indo-Pacific https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-economics-of-maritime-cybersecurity-chokepoints-vulnerabilities-in-the-indo-pacific/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-economics-of-maritime-cybersecurity-chokepoints-vulnerabilities-in-the-indo-pacific https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-economics-of-maritime-cybersecurity-chokepoints-vulnerabilities-in-the-indo-pacific/#respond Tue, 09 Aug 2022 09:14:23 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=2882 The fifth domain’s consequential dominance and spatial presence in the cyberspace convey perplexity in the safety and security of humanity. Its connectivity to the sixth…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-economics-of-maritime-cybersecurity-chokepoints-vulnerabilities-in-the-indo-pacific/feed/ 0 Torpedoing the Barracuda: AUKUS & countering the Wolf Warrior https://asiapowerwatch.com/torpedoing-the-barracuda-aukus-countering-the-wolf-warrior/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=torpedoing-the-barracuda-aukus-countering-the-wolf-warrior https://asiapowerwatch.com/torpedoing-the-barracuda-aukus-countering-the-wolf-warrior/#respond Sat, 18 Sep 2021 06:38:06 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=2535 This article was originally published by SAGE International, on September 17, 2021. Thank you to the author for his kind permission to re-publish. On September…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/torpedoing-the-barracuda-aukus-countering-the-wolf-warrior/feed/ 0 The AUKUS defence pact and the end of the French submarine deal: a blow to France’s Indo-Pacific policy https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-aukus-defence-pact-and-the-end-of-the-french-submarine-deal-a-blow-to-frances-indo-pacific-policy/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-aukus-defence-pact-and-the-end-of-the-french-submarine-deal-a-blow-to-frances-indo-pacific-policy https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-aukus-defence-pact-and-the-end-of-the-french-submarine-deal-a-blow-to-frances-indo-pacific-policy/#respond Thu, 16 Sep 2021 09:48:19 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=2530 September 15, 2021 will be remembered in French industry, defence and foreign affairs circles as the day France was stabbed in the back by some…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-aukus-defence-pact-and-the-end-of-the-french-submarine-deal-a-blow-to-frances-indo-pacific-policy/feed/ 0 Plurilateralism & economic security: the future of the world economy https://asiapowerwatch.com/plurilateralism-economic-security-the-future-of-the-world-economy/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=plurilateralism-economic-security-the-future-of-the-world-economy https://asiapowerwatch.com/plurilateralism-economic-security-the-future-of-the-world-economy/#respond Wed, 11 Aug 2021 18:31:00 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=2545 On August 10, 2021, the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) Graduate School’s Security Governance and Diplomacy Cluster (SGDC) conducted the 8th Brown Bag Lecture…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/plurilateralism-economic-security-the-future-of-the-world-economy/feed/ 0 Plurilateralism as a weapon of economic hegemony in the Asia-Pacific. The case of RCEP https://asiapowerwatch.com/plurilateralism-as-a-weapon-of-economic-hegemony-in-the-asia-pacific-the-case-of-rcep/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=plurilateralism-as-a-weapon-of-economic-hegemony-in-the-asia-pacific-the-case-of-rcep https://asiapowerwatch.com/plurilateralism-as-a-weapon-of-economic-hegemony-in-the-asia-pacific-the-case-of-rcep/#respond Wed, 17 Mar 2021 20:03:00 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=2549 On March 17, 2021, Asia Power Watch founder & editor Nicolas Michelon was invited by Brazil’s Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM) to give…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/plurilateralism-as-a-weapon-of-economic-hegemony-in-the-asia-pacific-the-case-of-rcep/feed/ 0 Japan and Quad 2.0: three key challenges going forward https://asiapowerwatch.com/japan-and-quad-2-0-three-key-challenges-going-forward/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japan-and-quad-2-0-three-key-challenges-going-forward https://asiapowerwatch.com/japan-and-quad-2-0-three-key-challenges-going-forward/#respond Mon, 21 Dec 2020 08:52:56 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=1409 This article was written in collaboration with Prof. Yoichiro Sato. A professor of International Relations and Asia-Pacific Studies at Ritsumeikan Asia-Pacific University, Japan, Prof. Sato…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/japan-and-quad-2-0-three-key-challenges-going-forward/feed/ 0 Japan’s experience in reducing its supply chain insecurity https://asiapowerwatch.com/japans-experience-in-reducing-its-supply-chain-insecurity/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japans-experience-in-reducing-its-supply-chain-insecurity https://asiapowerwatch.com/japans-experience-in-reducing-its-supply-chain-insecurity/#respond Mon, 12 Oct 2020 06:59:24 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=1189 Since the late 1980’s, Japan has largely depended on overseas production. Over the decades, this has resulted in over 50% of Japanese manufacturing existing overseas,…

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