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The revolving doors of politics—the byzantine, the unexpected, and the humdrum —Peter absorbs it all and offers subtle and well-grounded judgments.

Five Scintilating Scenarios for the Year of the Snake

Snakes symbolise regeneration and transformation

By Peter Tasker | January 5, 2025
Articles Business Culture Fiction Finance Politics

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

By Peter Tasker | January 6, 2024
Articles Finance Politics

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”

By Peter Tasker | July 29, 2023
Business Politics Reviews

Five + 1 Surprising Scenarios for the Year of the Rabbit

2022 was definitely a “Roubini year”, but 2023 could well be a “Pinker year”

By Peter Tasker | January 3, 2023
Articles Finance Politics

Reflections on a Funeral

I’m glad the protesters were there and glad they got some feedback

By Peter Tasker | October 2, 2022
Articles Politics Reflections

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.

By Peter Tasker | September 24, 2022
Articles Politics

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,

By Peter Tasker | September 10, 2022
Articles Politics

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

By Peter Tasker | July 30, 2022
Politics Reflections

The Politician: Reconsidering Shintaro Ishihara Part 3

They dive-bombed babies in prams and damaged diversity by outcompeting smaller birds

By Peter Tasker | June 10, 2022
Politics

Inflation: The Japanese Exception

Inflation is the “monetary expression of distributional conflict”

By Peter Tasker | May 27, 2022
Finance Politics

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