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China’s Logink platform as an economic weapon?

In 2007, China began implementing the strategy encapsulating the new world reality that “data is the new oil“. Through the…

3 days ago

A tale of two technology wars: semiconductors and clean energy

This article was originally published by the Policy Center for the New South, on November 2nd, 2023. Thank you to…

4 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…

5 months ago

Japan’s race for space exploration: challenges and opportunities

State of play of Japan’s space program in the New Space Economy era   Although the next generation H3 rocket launch…

5 months ago

European Union-China-US – the Golden Triangle?

On October 31st, 2023, Nicolas Michelon, Founder & Editor of Asia Power Watch and Partner at Confluence Consultants, was interviewed…

6 months ago

Dubaï, Riyad, Bogota : Comment la Chine est-elle devenue un partenaire incontournable ?

Le 12 septembre 2023, le Fondateur et Editeur-en-chef de Asia Power Watch, Nicolas Michelon, a été interviewé sur le podcast…

7 months ago

Japan’s changing strategic approach to outer space security

Space race in an age of international competition   China’s first successful use of an anti-satellite weapon (ASAT) to destroy one…

8 months 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…

9 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. The case of the Meiji era.

The second article of the series on the subject of “how strategic imperatives drive political changes in Japan” is about…

1 year ago