Narratives

‘Under siege’: Businesses need to focus on geopolitics as current global order erodes

I shared comments with Tala Michel Issa for Arabian Business, on the urgency for corporates to make geopolitics their main…

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…

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…

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…

3 years ago

The War of the Powerful: Chinese and American ploys for world leadership

This article is a summary of the book "La guerre des puissants. Stratagèmes de domination de la Chine et des…

3 years ago

Quelle politique chinoise pour la France ?

Le 9 février 2022, à l'invitation de l'Institut Thomas More, le fondateur et Editeur-en-chef de Asia Power Watch, Nicolas Michelon,…

3 years ago

China’s new land border legislation: is India ready for Chinese “lawfare”?

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

3 years ago

China’s leadership at an inflection point: what does it mean for business?

With much of the world’s attention being focussed on the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, not…

3 years ago

Xi Jinping’s new economic policy: a case of killing the goose that lays the golden egg?

With the implementation of a new regulatory framework and a rise in coronavirus cases, China's economy has experienced a major…

3 years ago

Indo-Pacific economic influence in Latin America: partnerships, narratives and strategic scenarios

On September 23, 2021, an online conference was held on "Indo-Pacific Economic Influence in Latin America: Partnerships, Narratives and Strategic…

4 years ago