Influence

Geopolitics will ‘hit you where it hurts’

Is BRICS+ setting the stage for a post-dollar world?In this latest episode of the AB Majlis podcast, I was invited…

10 months ago

Colombia is unprepared to handle the risks of Chinese tech investment

This article, co-authored with Daniel Poveda and Christian Heinze, is part of the report "Understanding China's Tech Footprint in Colombia",…

10 months ago

Unrestricted Warfare, The Siege of Jadotville, and the Turkish Story of Progress

In Episode #3 of the "Geopolitical Musings with Confluence" podcast, Confluence Consultants Partner & Asia Power Watch Editor Nicolas Michelon…

12 months ago

The Dollar-Renminbi tango: the impacts of Argentina’s potential dollarization on its relations with China

Versions of this article were originally published on October 13, 2023 by the Policy Center for the New South and…

12 months ago

European Union-China-US – the Golden Triangle?

On October 31st, 2023, Nicolas Michelon, Founder & Editor of Asia Power Watch and Partner at Confluence Consultants, was interviewed…

1 year ago

Dubaï, Riyad, Bogota : Comment la Chine est-elle devenue un partenaire incontournable ?

Le 12 septembre 2023, le Fondateur et Editeur-en-chef de Asia Power Watch, Nicolas Michelon, a été interviewé sur le podcast…

1 year ago

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

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