Soft power

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…

5 months 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…

10 months 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…

1 year 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…

2 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

Surge in pro-Taiwan sentiments in India in 2020: are there any indications for the future?

This article was first published as a Policy Brief by the University of Central Lancashire’s Northern England Policy Center for…

3 years ago