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I’m a fan of contemporary art, especially abstract and performance art. And while I like the style and power of the British graffiti artist Banksy,...
Economic security will be a pillar of the Kishida administration and national economic statecraft will be a key feature of its foreign policy. That...
The launch last week of the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) is, potentially, a big deal. The EU’s readiness to proceed, despite French...
As the ruling Liberal Democratic Party holds its leadership election Wednesday, a key question for many Japanese and outside observers remains the...
It’s hard to appreciate how big a deal the agreement that the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom announced last week, known as AUKUS,...
Last weekend marked 20 years since the attacks on the United States that launched the “Global War on Terror.” During that time, there have been...
There is a scene in one of my favorite movies where the hero, surrounded by an angry mob, wraps one of his arms around his own neck, puts his gun to...
I’d swear that I heard reasons for hope in the bilateral relationship at a (virtual) conference last week on Japan-South Korean relations. I sensed...
Robert Madsen is a smart guy. A renowned economist who’s been affiliated with MIT and Stanford, he regularly advises investment groups, businesses...
No one should have harbored any illusions about the fate of Afghanistan after the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces. Still, the collapse of the...
Mastery of technology is a critical component of national power. We’ve often failed to fully appreciate its worth, taking for granted Western...
It’s a little late, but the Biden administration has finally launched its Southeast Asian diplomatic offensive. The delays aren’t all the new...
If cybersecurity concerns set your hair on fire, you should be bald by now — and lacking eyebrows and any other facial hair (perhaps even be denuded...
Trees are hot. By that, I mean that trees are cool. More specifically, trees are cooling. Planting trees is in vogue, with tree-planting projects...
Pity the poor punters who took a bath on the initial public offering of Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-hailing service, on the New York Stock...
Good magicians use misdirection, inviting the audience to look one place while the “magic” is being done right in front of their eyes. I can’t...
Just over a decade ago, governments and businesses in the advanced industrial economies became (publicly) concerned about access to rare earth...
There is a paradox at the heart of U.S. security policy in the Indo-Pacific. The Biden administration must show its commitment to the region to...
The big story from last weekend’s Group of Seven summit of advanced economies in Cornwall, England, was “the United States is back.” U.S....
We are unlikely to ever know the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus. We’ll have more or less likely scenarios, but hard evidence will be tough to...
The Biden’s administration’s China policy review isn’t finished but the answer is in. Kurt Campbell, Biden’s point man on Indo-Pacific policy,...
Last week’s summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Moon Jae-in was a resounding success. All signals and statements...
Last week’s summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Moon Jae-in was a resounding success. All signals and statements...
Moonshots are in. I’m not referring to space travel, although the regular launches and landings of space probes suggest that the conventional use of...
China regularly forces us to check our assumptions about how the world works. The country’s return to regional and global prominence challenged...
Two geologists walk into a bar. The first one says to the bartender, “You know, soon there’s going to be a shortage of sand.” The bartender...
So far, so good. Whatever anxieties may have lurked in Japanese imaginations upon the launch of Joe Biden’s presidency, they should have dissipated...
U.S. President Joe Biden announced last week that he will withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 of this year, the 20th anniversary...
Last week, the National Intelligence Council (NIC), a part of the U.S. intelligence community that does long-term strategic analysis, published...
Missiles are everywhere. Increasingly accurate technology combined with a plummeting cost curve have made missiles the weapon of choice for defense...
A 400-meter long ship in a waterway only 300 meters wide is an accident waiting to happen. It happened last week when the Ever Given, one of the...
The “Integrated Review of Security, Development Defense and Foreign Policy,” released last week, underscores the U.K. government’s commitment to...
It looks like the tide is turning. There was the expected rebound in opinions of the United States after Joe Biden’s November election win over...
In the 10 years since Japan was hammered by triple catastrophe — an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant —...
Deep breath. OK… As the author of “Peak Japan,” for me to give an optimistic take on this country’s future is both difficult and risks...
The United States is struggling “to get China right.” Every week, there is a new study, analysis or set of recommendations to make the U.S.-China...
On Monday, the World Trade Organization (WTO) got a new lease on life. Its 164 members elected former Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as...
A deliberately opaque corner of Japanese security policy is this country’s relationship with Taiwan. Taiwan is vital to Japanese national security...
As a guiding principle for any profession or career, “first do no harm” is hard to beat. The Hippocratic oath comes to mind amidst reports that...
That didn’t take long. Shortly after the echoes of the feel-good song “Kumbaya” died out in Washington last week, German Chancellor Angela...
A friend who works on Northeast Asian issues is moving to Spain from the United States. He quickly assured me that he wasn’t retiring. In fact, he...
North Korea has a history of testing new U.S. administrations, and experts anticipated leader Kim Jong Un would see how soon-to-be U.S. President Joe...
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Research — and there is a lot — had confirmed the superiority of democratic systems in responding to...
While the future is always unknowable, in Japan a darker uncertainty than usual hangs over the year to come. Much of the anxiety emanates from the...
David Cornwell died last week at the age of 89. As John le Carre, Cornwell transformed the spy story. His New York Times obituary credited him with...
The U.S. Congress last week passed the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The NDAA is blithely referred to as the defense budget, which...
Zombies walk among us. For nearly a decade, economists have issued increasingly strident alarms about the impact of ultralow interest rates on the...
Australia has become Beijing’s preferred pinata as China lashes out against perceived disrespect from other governments. Apparently willing to take...
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