Soft power
Inside the UAE’s business-first soft power diplomatic drive
In a Deep Dive article into the UAE's Smart Power strategy, I shared views with Tala Michel Issa for Arabian…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Plurilateralism & economic security: the future of the world economy
On August 10, 2021, the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) Graduate School's Security Governance and Diplomacy Cluster (SGDC) conducted…
Is military conflict over Taiwan inevitable or is China masking its true economic agenda?
With much focus on the developments in the increasingly strategic geo-political Indo-Pacific region, current analysis in the West has shifted…
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…
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…
Influence and narrative in the Sino-Russian strategic alliance: legitimacy and new political order
This article was originally published in Spanish by GIASP Intelligence & Strategy, on April 3, 2021. Thank you to GIASP…