Japan is investing heavily in its semiconductor industry to regain technological autonomy. While these efforts aim to strengthen supply chains and bolster economic security, Japan faces significant ...

The Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP’s) surprisingly poor showing in Japan’s Lower House election on 27 October is at first blush a victory for democracy in Japan. The snap election called by Prime ...

Jenny Balboa is Lecturer at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and at the Department of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies, Hosei University.

Carlyle A Thayer is Emeritus Professor at the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra. Thayer is a Southeast Asia regional specialist with special expertise ...

Kevin Nielsen M. Agojo is a PhD student in the Department of Public and International Affairs at the City University of Hong Kong. He was recently a Visiting Researcher at the La Salle Institute of ...

Charlotte Setijadi is a Visiting Fellow in the Indonesia Studies Program, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore.

Rajiv Sikri is a consultant at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore and a former Secretary at India’s Ministry of External Affairs. He published ‘Challenge and ...

Woojoo Hong is a Research Scholar at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, funded by the Korea Foundation’s Global Challengers Program. Woojoo holds a master’s in international studies, focusing on ...

Suisheng Zhao is Professor at Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, and Director of its Center for China–US Cooperation.

Tran Van Tho is Professor of Economics in the School of Social Sciences, Waseda University.

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David S Abraham is a Hitachi International Affairs Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and previously worked at the White House Office of Management and Budget.