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2022 was definitely a “Roubini year”, but 2023 could well be a “Pinker year”
Xi Jinping
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Autocrats everywhere will have been inspired by Xi Jinping’s recent move to tear up the rulebook and set up a dictatorship.
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Sherlock Holmes, in the shape of actor Benedict Cumberbatch, wants to stay. Roger Daltry of The Who says go.
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How would the UK react to a violent crackdown on protests in Hong Kong or a clash with Japan over the Senkaku Isles?
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British Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm riposted “We cannot invent our facts. Either Elvis Presley is dead or he isn’t.”
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In this age of womenomics and passive “herbivore” males, is there any room for the strong silent type prepared to risk everything?
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They contribute to the profits of high-end stores in the Ginza, gadget shops in Akihabara and even the Yoshiwara, Tokyo’s fabled red-light district
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Amidst all this activity, the position of Japan is absolutely, well, pivotal. From the US point of view, a wealthy, confident and committed ally is a vital asset in what it is likely to be a long drawn out strategic game