Soft power Archives - Asia Power Watch https://asiapowerwatch.com/tag/soft-power/ an observatory of Asian economic power Wed, 04 Sep 2024 09:32:50 +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 Soft power Archives - Asia Power Watch https://asiapowerwatch.com/tag/soft-power/ 32 32 Inside the UAE’s business-first soft power diplomatic drive https://asiapowerwatch.com/inside-the-uaes-business-first-soft-power-diplomatic-drive/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inside-the-uaes-business-first-soft-power-diplomatic-drive https://asiapowerwatch.com/inside-the-uaes-business-first-soft-power-diplomatic-drive/#respond Wed, 10 Jul 2024 08:55:31 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=3327 In a Deep Dive article into the UAE’s Smart Power strategy, I shared views with Tala Michel Issa for Arabian Business on the country’s business-first…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/inside-the-uaes-business-first-soft-power-diplomatic-drive/feed/ 0 Unrestricted Warfare, The Siege of Jadotville, and the Turkish Story of Progress https://asiapowerwatch.com/unrestricted-warfare-the-siege-of-jadotville-and-the-turkish-story-of-progress/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unrestricted-warfare-the-siege-of-jadotville-and-the-turkish-story-of-progress https://asiapowerwatch.com/unrestricted-warfare-the-siege-of-jadotville-and-the-turkish-story-of-progress/#respond Fri, 01 Dec 2023 07:29:04 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=3196 In Episode #3 of the “Geopolitical Musings with Confluence” podcast, Confluence Consultants Partner & Asia Power Watch Editor Nicolas Michelon discusses with Research Specialist &…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/unrestricted-warfare-the-siege-of-jadotville-and-the-turkish-story-of-progress/feed/ 0 Strategic constraints and right-wing organizations in Japan: the case of the Nippon Kaigi https://asiapowerwatch.com/strategic-constraints-and-right-wing-organizations-in-japan-the-case-of-the-nippon-kaigi/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=strategic-constraints-and-right-wing-organizations-in-japan-the-case-of-the-nippon-kaigi https://asiapowerwatch.com/strategic-constraints-and-right-wing-organizations-in-japan-the-case-of-the-nippon-kaigi/#respond Wed, 28 Jun 2023 08:33:41 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=3071 In recent years, an obscure nationalist organization has regularly hit the news in Japan. Known as Nippon Kaigi or “Japan Conference”, this organization is accused…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/strategic-constraints-and-right-wing-organizations-in-japan-the-case-of-the-nippon-kaigi/feed/ 0 Japan and globalization: how strategic imperatives drive political change https://asiapowerwatch.com/japan-and-globalization-how-strategic-imperatives-drive-political-change/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japan-and-globalization-how-strategic-imperatives-drive-political-change https://asiapowerwatch.com/japan-and-globalization-how-strategic-imperatives-drive-political-change/#respond Wed, 15 Mar 2023 09:54:08 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=3040 CURRENT STATE OF JAPANESE SECURITY AFFAIRS The need to balance China’s emergence as a global political and military player has led Japan’s strategic bureaucracy to…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/japan-and-globalization-how-strategic-imperatives-drive-political-change/feed/ 0 The War of the Powerful: Chinese and American ploys for world leadership https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-war-of-the-powerful-chinese-and-american-ploys-for-world-leadership/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-war-of-the-powerful-chinese-and-american-ploys-for-world-leadership https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-war-of-the-powerful-chinese-and-american-ploys-for-world-leadership/#respond Tue, 08 Mar 2022 07:57:47 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=2718 This article is a summary of the book “La guerre des puissants. Stratagèmes de domination de la Chine et des Etats-Unis“, co-authored by Catherine DELAHAYE,…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-war-of-the-powerful-chinese-and-american-ploys-for-world-leadership/feed/ 0 Plurilateralism & economic security: the future of the world economy https://asiapowerwatch.com/plurilateralism-economic-security-the-future-of-the-world-economy/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=plurilateralism-economic-security-the-future-of-the-world-economy https://asiapowerwatch.com/plurilateralism-economic-security-the-future-of-the-world-economy/#respond Wed, 11 Aug 2021 18:31:00 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=2545 On August 10, 2021, the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) Graduate School’s Security Governance and Diplomacy Cluster (SGDC) conducted the 8th Brown Bag Lecture…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/plurilateralism-economic-security-the-future-of-the-world-economy/feed/ 0 Is military conflict over Taiwan inevitable or is China masking its true economic agenda? https://asiapowerwatch.com/is-military-conflict-over-taiwan-inevitable-or-is-china-masking-its-true-economic-agenda/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-military-conflict-over-taiwan-inevitable-or-is-china-masking-its-true-economic-agenda https://asiapowerwatch.com/is-military-conflict-over-taiwan-inevitable-or-is-china-masking-its-true-economic-agenda/#respond Tue, 20 Jul 2021 11:42:28 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=2064 With much focus on the developments in the increasingly strategic geo-political Indo-Pacific region, current analysis in the West has shifted to the potential for military…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/is-military-conflict-over-taiwan-inevitable-or-is-china-masking-its-true-economic-agenda/feed/ 0 The death of multilateralism. Disruptions of the Trump era https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-death-of-multilateralism-disruptions-of-the-trump-era/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-death-of-multilateralism-disruptions-of-the-trump-era https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-death-of-multilateralism-disruptions-of-the-trump-era/#respond Fri, 21 May 2021 09:50:19 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=1721 On May 14, 2021, Asia Power Watch Founder & Chief Editor Nicolas Michelon discussed with Dr. John Bruni of SAGE International Australia the end of…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-death-of-multilateralism-disruptions-of-the-trump-era/feed/ 0 Foreign Development Assistance by China, India and Russia: a compared analysis https://asiapowerwatch.com/foreign-development-assistance-by-china-india-and-russia-a-compared-analysis/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=foreign-development-assistance-by-china-india-and-russia-a-compared-analysis https://asiapowerwatch.com/foreign-development-assistance-by-china-india-and-russia-a-compared-analysis/#respond Thu, 13 May 2021 12:54:43 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=1698 In this paper, we study the concessional and non-concessional financial flows to developing countries provided by China, India and Russia under bilateral, triangular and multilateral…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/foreign-development-assistance-by-china-india-and-russia-a-compared-analysis/feed/ 0 Influence and narrative in the Sino-Russian strategic alliance: legitimacy and new political order https://asiapowerwatch.com/influence-and-narrative-in-the-sino-russian-strategic-alliance-legitimacy-and-new-political-order/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=influence-and-narrative-in-the-sino-russian-strategic-alliance-legitimacy-and-new-political-order https://asiapowerwatch.com/influence-and-narrative-in-the-sino-russian-strategic-alliance-legitimacy-and-new-political-order/#respond Thu, 29 Apr 2021 09:28:02 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=1675 This article was originally published in Spanish by GIASP Intelligence & Strategy, on April 3, 2021. Thank you to GIASP and to the author for…

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