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Security
China, Rare Earths and ‘Weaponized Interdependence’

In early September, just days after China marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Berlin hosted IFA 2025 — one of

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Hotaka Machida

Diplomacy
Is China Guardian of the ‘Postwar International Order’?

Tensions in Japan-China relations have escalated following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Nov. 7 remarks on the right to collecti

Diplomacy
Beijing’s ‘Globalist’ Agenda Under Trump 2.0

As 2025 comes to a close, it’s worth reflecting on the historical significance of a year that marked the 80th anniversary of the e

Senior Research Fellow

Kenichi Doi

Economic Security
Xi’s Balancing Act: Competition Abroad, Discipline at Home

Beijing’s calculated use of rare-earth export controls has again become a key instrument in its competition with Washington. By im

Visiting Senior Fellow

Naoko Eto

Diplomacy
⑥China China China (Deciphering Trump Administration)

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

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Economic Security
Politics and the economy: Bedfellows of U.S.-China relations

The United States has yet to come up with a viable strategy to deal with multipolarity in international relations. How will this a

Visiting Senior Fellow

Naoko Eto

Diplomacy
Will Japan and China’s relations continue to stagnate?

Xi Jinping’s government has begun its charm offensive aimed at Japan. At the Japan-South Korea-China summit in Seoul in May, a

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Hotaka Machida

Diplomacy
Japan can help Global South navigate U.S.-China clash

【Author】Hiroki Takeuchi Associate Professor of Political Science, Southern Methodist University The conflict between the United

Politics and Economics
What will it take for China to regain market confidence?

【Author】Tomoyuki Fukumoto Professor of Economics at the Osaka University of Economics   China’s growth rate of 5.3% in

Diplomacy
Expectations vs. reality of Xi Jinping’s charm offensive

After a long absence of conciliatory diplomacy especially with the West, Chinese leader Xi Jinping seems to have finally embarked

Visiting Senior Fellow

Naoko Eto

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