Sanctions Archives - Asia Power Watch https://asiapowerwatch.com/tag/sanctions/ an observatory of Asian economic power Wed, 03 Jan 2024 14:53:54 +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 Sanctions Archives - Asia Power Watch https://asiapowerwatch.com/tag/sanctions/ 32 32 A tale of two technology wars: semiconductors and clean energy https://asiapowerwatch.com/a-tale-of-two-technology-wars-semiconductors-and-clean-energy/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-tale-of-two-technology-wars-semiconductors-and-clean-energy https://asiapowerwatch.com/a-tale-of-two-technology-wars-semiconductors-and-clean-energy/#respond Wed, 03 Jan 2024 14:53:50 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=3204 This article was originally published by the Policy Center for the New South, on November 2nd, 2023. Thank you to the author for the kind…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/a-tale-of-two-technology-wars-semiconductors-and-clean-energy/feed/ 0 The ambiguous position of the South Korean semiconductor industry in the US-China tech war https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-ambiguous-position-of-the-south-korean-semiconductor-industry-in-the-us-china-tech-war/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-ambiguous-position-of-the-south-korean-semiconductor-industry-in-the-us-china-tech-war https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-ambiguous-position-of-the-south-korean-semiconductor-industry-in-the-us-china-tech-war/#respond Wed, 16 Nov 2022 15:43:08 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=2974 On 7 October, the US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a new round of restrictions to prevent China from obtaining advanced computer chips…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-ambiguous-position-of-the-south-korean-semiconductor-industry-in-the-us-china-tech-war/feed/ 0 As the global ‘Clash of civilizations’ intensifies, what is the end game? https://asiapowerwatch.com/as-the-global-clash-of-civilizations-intensifies-what-is-the-end-game/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=as-the-global-clash-of-civilizations-intensifies-what-is-the-end-game https://asiapowerwatch.com/as-the-global-clash-of-civilizations-intensifies-what-is-the-end-game/#respond Tue, 16 Aug 2022 07:07:24 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=2886 Recently, the British PM hopeful Rishi Sunak joined the chorus of leaders blaming China for every evil in the world. He spoke about shutting all…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/as-the-global-clash-of-civilizations-intensifies-what-is-the-end-game/feed/ 0 The new paradigm of strategic economic coercion: do sanctions work? https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-new-paradigm-of-strategic-economic-coercion-do-sanctions-work/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-new-paradigm-of-strategic-economic-coercion-do-sanctions-work https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-new-paradigm-of-strategic-economic-coercion-do-sanctions-work/#respond Tue, 01 Mar 2022 09:49:34 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=2701 As the world economy undergoes tremendous upheaval and transition, trade has reached a critical inflection point. The new emerging paradigm emerging is a shift from…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-new-paradigm-of-strategic-economic-coercion-do-sanctions-work/feed/ 0 Russia’s pivot to China: a choice between Scylla and Charybdis? https://asiapowerwatch.com/russias-pivot-to-china-a-choice-between-scylla-and-charybdis/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=russias-pivot-to-china-a-choice-between-scylla-and-charybdis https://asiapowerwatch.com/russias-pivot-to-china-a-choice-between-scylla-and-charybdis/#respond Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:32:28 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=1585 The sanctions imposed on Russia following the Ukraine crisis gave powerful impetus and made even those who had previously been skeptical about it start talking…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/russias-pivot-to-china-a-choice-between-scylla-and-charybdis/feed/ 0 How China’s spat with Australia could be undoing decades of rise to power https://asiapowerwatch.com/how-chinas-spat-with-australia-could-be-undoing-decades-of-rise-to-power/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-chinas-spat-with-australia-could-be-undoing-decades-of-rise-to-power https://asiapowerwatch.com/how-chinas-spat-with-australia-could-be-undoing-decades-of-rise-to-power/#comments Mon, 18 May 2020 07:26:31 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=835 Despite soft diplomacy efforts, it appears that China’s dream of selling its “shared human destiny” narrative is dissipating. The Covid-19 pandemic and associated economic upheaval…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/how-chinas-spat-with-australia-could-be-undoing-decades-of-rise-to-power/feed/ 2 Russia as an influence proxy for China ? https://asiapowerwatch.com/russia-as-an-influence-proxy-for-china/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=russia-as-an-influence-proxy-for-china https://asiapowerwatch.com/russia-as-an-influence-proxy-for-china/#respond Thu, 14 Nov 2019 12:26:44 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=567 Just as North Korea has long played the role of China’s nuclear deterrent proxy and Beijing has been capitalizing on Moscow’s frontal opposition to Washington…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/russia-as-an-influence-proxy-for-china/feed/ 0 Japan hits back at Korea over WW2 forced labour row https://asiapowerwatch.com/japan-hits-back-at-korea-over-ww2-forced-labour-row/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japan-hits-back-at-korea-over-ww2-forced-labour-row https://asiapowerwatch.com/japan-hits-back-at-korea-over-ww2-forced-labour-row/#respond Wed, 03 Jul 2019 16:47:50 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=440 Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (METI) has announced export restrictions on three chip-making components to South Korea, as a retaliatory move against Seoul’s…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/japan-hits-back-at-korea-over-ww2-forced-labour-row/feed/ 0 Japanese company’s Korean assets targeted over WW2 row https://asiapowerwatch.com/japanese-companys-korean-assets-targeted-over-ww2-row/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japanese-companys-korean-assets-targeted-over-ww2-row https://asiapowerwatch.com/japanese-companys-korean-assets-targeted-over-ww2-row/#respond Wed, 27 Mar 2019 12:51:19 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=238 South Korea keeps waging economic warfare on Japanese competitors by leveraging historical disputes… which were supposedly resolved by the 1965 treaty and the payment of…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/japanese-companys-korean-assets-targeted-over-ww2-row/feed/ 0 Mitsubishi Heavy’s assets seized in South Korea https://asiapowerwatch.com/mitsubishi-heavys-assets-seized-in-south-korea/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mitsubishi-heavys-assets-seized-in-south-korea https://asiapowerwatch.com/mitsubishi-heavys-assets-seized-in-south-korea/#respond Thu, 07 Mar 2019 13:03:54 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=244 A timely coincidence… South Korea calls for seizing Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ assets over World War 2 forced labour, just as Korea Development Bank initiates consolidation…

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