Shinzo Abe’s greatest gamble
Author: Tobias Harris
Categories: In the News
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has repeatedly shown a willingness to take calculated risks to advance his goals. Now he is preparing to run his greatest risk yet — a snap election scheduled for Oct. 22 — that Abe is calling not from a position of strength, but his opponents’ position of weakness,
Tags: Abenomics, economics, election, lpd, polictics, Shinzo Abe, snap election, tobias harris
China’s Intellectual Property Theft Must Stop
Author: Admiral Dennis C. Blair and General Keith B. Alexander
Categories: In the News
Admiral Dennis Blair co-authored this opinion piece with General Keith Alexander, a former commander of the United States Cyber Command and a former director of the National Security Agency, on the importance of challenging China’s theft of U.S. intellectual property.
The Past May Rhyme, But is Asia Now Singing a Different Tune?
Author: Chris Nelson
Chris Nelson, Sasakawa USA Fellow for U.S.-Asia Relations, reflects on the 2017 Shangri-La Dialogue, organized by the International Institute on Strategic Studies, and the implications for U.S. allies and friends in Asia of the Trump administration’s uncertain policies. In the absence of U.S. leadership, says Nelson, Japan seems to be taking a more proactive role in the region.
Tags: ASEAN, China, FONOPs, Japan, Paris climate accords, Shangri-La Dialogue, TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership, U.S.-Asia relations
After TPP: The future of U.S.-Japan trade relations
Author: Tobias Harris
Categories: In the News
A bilateral economic dialogue between the United States and Japan emphasized win-win economic cooperation. The friendly discussions, however, obscured the extent to which Japan and the United States are pursuing conflicting visions of the U.S.-Japan economic relationship, writes Sasakawa USA Fellow Tobias Harris, in this op-ed published by The Diplomat.
Tags: free trade agreement, Japan, trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership, U.S.
Japan’s opportunity to lead on trade
Author: Tobias Harris
Categories: In the News
Just hours before Donald Trump’s full-throated embrace of protectionism in his inaugural address, Japan became the first country to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Days later, the new U.S. president issued an executive order pulling America out of TPP. Despite this and other setbacks, Japan remains well-suited to advance both a regional and global integration agenda.
Tags: Abenomics, bilateral trade, economic leadership, economics, president trump, rcep, tobias harris, TPP, trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership, trump, wall street journal, wsj