Five and a Half Super Scenarios for the Year of the Dragon
Japan is now a more strategically important player than ever before in the post-war era
Chris Miller’s “Chip War”: the Geopolitics of High-tech
“Washington’s foreign policy strategists embraced complex semiconductor supply chains as a tool to bind Asia to an American-led world”
Five + 1 Surprising Scenarios for the Year of the Rabbit
2022 was definitely a “Roubini year”, but 2023 could well be a “Pinker year”
Reflections on a Funeral
I’m glad the protesters were there and glad they got some feedback
Shinzo Abe’s Legacy Part 2: A More Comfortable, Confident and Asian Japan
The era of the blonde English language teacher as neighbourhood celebrity is over.
Shinzo Abe’s Legacy Part 1: Normalizing Japan
The KCIA and Moon’s Unification Church were as ‘close as lips and teeth’, as the saying goes,
Yakushima: Where I Met the God of the Forest
80% of Yakushima’s ancient cedars have been chopped down and converted into furniture and building materials
The Politician: Reconsidering Shintaro Ishihara Part 3
They dive-bombed babies in prams and damaged diversity by outcompeting smaller birds
Inflation: The Japanese Exception
Inflation is the “monetary expression of distributional conflict”
The Hunter: Reconsidering Shintaro Ishihara Part 2
He doubted that Queen Elizabeth would apologize for the Opium Wars if she visited China