Politics and Economics

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Diplomacy
④Why Tariffs? (Deciphering Trump Administration)

①Deciphering Trump Administration: Is Trump irrational or a mastermind? • ①Is Trump irrational or a mastermind? (Dec...

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Diplomacy
③So called Reciprocal Tariffs (Deciphering Trump Administration)

①Deciphering Trump Administration: Is Trump irrational or a mastermind? • ①Is Trump irrational or a mastermind? (Dec...

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Diplomacy
②What does Tariff Man want (Deciphering Trump Administration

①Deciphering Trump Administration: Is Trump irrational or a mastermind? • ①Is Trump irrational or a mastermind? (Dec...

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Diplomacy
①Is Trump irrational or a mastermind? (Deciphering Trump Administration)

②Deciphering Trump Administration: What does "Tariff Man" want? • ②What does Tariff Man want (Deciphering Tr... ③Deciphe

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Emerging Technology
The Power of Private Individuals: The Informal Influence of Technology

In his farewell address, President Biden sounded the alarm on the emergence of the "tech-industrial complex," drawing a parallel t

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Kousuke Saito

Politics and Economics
Will China succeed in remaking Hong Kong in its own image?

Toru Kurata, Professor, Rikkyo University Over the past five years, Hong Kong has seen its autonomy, freedom and democracy eroded

Politics and Economics
Resilient Yet Vulnerable: India’s Economy, Markets, and Global Positioning (INDIA ROUNDUP, March 2025)

Summary The Indian economy is facing slowdown concerns and severe market fluctuations, amid shifting investor priorities. For n

Visiting Research Fellow

Manish Sharma

Politics and Economics
American democracy will weather the Trumpist storm

Satoshi Machidori, Professor, Kyoto University

Diplomacy
Russia at the Tipping Point? Understanding the Impact of Three Years of Sanctionson Russia

Geoeconomic Agenda is a new Pacific-centric, globally-minded podcast that investigates the connections between economics, geopolit

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Politics and Economics
Social media alone didn’t decide last year’s elections

Social media’s influence on elections continues to get a lot of attention — last year was no exception, when over 60 countries wen

Research Fellow

Yusuke Ishikawa

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