API Geoeconomic Briefing


imgThe trade war between China and the United States ushered in an era of “geoeconomics” in which states have used economic tools to achieve their geopolitical agendas. Amid the fog of uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus, how will the four forms of “mega geoeconomics,” which include climate change, technology and innovation, global supply chains, and the rules, norms and standards that shape the international order, impact the future?

API Geoeconomic Briefing will provide unique insight from the experts at Asia Pacific Initiative (API), an independent global think tank, in order to identify burgeoning trends in international politics and economics that foreshadow the post-coronavirus period, think through their geopolitical and geoeconomic significance, and examine their impact on Japan’s national interests and strategy (Editor-in-chief: Dr. HOSOYA Yuichi, Research Director, API; Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University; Visiting Fellow, Downing College, University of Cambridge).

Special Features

2022.06.21

As China’s nuclear weapons multiply, U.S and Japan work on deterrence by JIMBO Ken
2022.06.07

How China’s history of influence operations has affected Japan by INOUE Masaya
2022.05.30

What does ‘normalization’ really mean for Japan-China ties? by OKAMOTO Takashi
2022.05.23

Can China overcome its barriers to gaining more financial power? by OKAZAKI Kumiko
2022.05.12

How China’s plan to return the factor market will work to develop its economy by KAJITANI Kai
2022.05.10

To navigate the Senkaku Islands dispute, look to history by MASUO Chisako
2022.04.28

Russian invasion may sway China against a forceful approach to Taiwan by MATSUDA Yasuhiro
2022.04.25

China’s ‘wolf warrior’ diplomacy at a crossroads amid Ukraine crisis by SHIROYAMA Hidemi
2022.04.18

China’s bid to wage cognitive warfare over democracy and human rights by ETO Naoko
2022.04.05

The real reason behind China’s repression of ethnic minorities by HIRANO Satoshi
2022.03.31

How China aims to treat Hong Kong’s explosive COVID-19 outbreak by KURATA Toru
2022.03.28

Initiating dialogue on universal values is essential for Japan and China by OIKAWA Junko
2022.03.21

Why China has failed to build ‘great power relations’ with the U.S. by KAWASHIMA Shin
2022.03.15

China faces mounting challenges amid wealth gap and other social issues by AKO Tomoko
2022.03.07

Untangling the roots of the instability in Japan and China’s relationship by ANAMI Yusuke
2022.03.01

The Beijing Games — the start of the end of China’s ‘COVID zero’ policy? by SAGARA Yoshiyuki
2022.02.22

What Kishida’s ‘realism diplomacy for a new era’ actually means for Japan by HOSOYA Yuichi
2022.02.15

Who’s really calling the shots in Japan’s Prime Minister’s Office? By NAKAKITA KOji
2022.02.01

Why economic security in Japan needs to include the defense industry by OUE Sadamasa
2022.01.25

Monetary security is a fight over infrastructure financing, currency and sanctions by OYA Shin
2022.01.20

Japan needs radical change to achieve health security by SAGARA Yoshiyuki
2022.01.17

Why cyber defense in Japan is so unreliable by MURAI Jun
2022.01.11

Firms see U.S.-China tensions as economic security threat, survey shows by TOGASHI Mariko
2022.01.03

Japan’s energy dilemma: How to achieve security alongside decarbonization by SHIBATA Narumi
2021.12.28

How Japan should approach military tech competition by JIMBO Ken
2021.12.09

Japan must take a multifaceted approach to its economic security by HOSOYA Yuichi
2021.12.03

What Japan needs to do to boost its economic security by SUZUKI Kazuto
2021.11.28

How China became a key player in global decarbonization by SHIBATA Narumi
2021.11.23

Fundamental shift in business activities vital to Japan’s decarbonization by MIYAKE Takayuki
2021.11.09

Why the U.S. is struggling to formulate a trade policy on China by OYA Shin
2021.11.04

AUKUS has outlined its potential, but has also left a sour taste by TSURUOKA Michito
2021.11.02

AUKUS has a significant part to play in the ‘new Cold War’ against China by OUE Sadamasa
2021.10.21

What needs to change in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan by JIMBO Ken
2021.10.15

Japan and U.K. have a major role to play in Afghanistan’s future by HOSOYA Yuichi
2021.10.12

How Japan and the U.S. should approach Taliban-ruled Afghanistan by SUZUKI Kazuto
2021.10.05

The intentions behind China’s ‘friendly’ policy toward the Taliban by YAMAGUCHI Shinji
2021.09.28

After U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Japan has a role to play by OUE Sadamasa
2021.09.26

How Japan should make use of its ¥1 quadrillion in household savings by MUKOYAMA Jun
2021.09.14

Japan needs a strategy for economic growth in the post-virus era by SAKURAI Makoto
2021.09.05

Does Didi’s crash point to the future of U.S.-China financial frictions? by TOKUCHI Tatsuhito
2021.08.31

Why the U.S.-China conflict is threatening the future of Wall Street by OYA Shin
2021.08.29

Japan has no time to waste in boosting its cyberdefenses by JIMBO Ken
2021.08.22

Private sector key to the success of Japan’s digital agency by MUKOYAMA Jun
2021.08.17

Making the most of Japan’s new weapon in the digital war by UMADA Takaaki
2021.08.03

Can Japan break away from its ‘digital defeat’? by MURAI Jun
2021.07.20

Pandemic shows Japan needs to figure out how to learn and prepare by SUZUKI Kazuto
2021.07.19

Failure to learn from terrorism and disease hampered Japan’s virus response by URASHIMA Mitsuyoshi
2021.07.15

How Japan can help tackle East Asia’s coronavirus surge by SAGARA Yoshiyuki
2021.07.04

Why a carbon tax would help Japan achieve its green ambitions by OYA Shin
2021.06.29

Why Taiwan is more important than ever to the Japan-U.S. relationship by INOUE Masaya
2021.06.24

Time to re-examine Japan’s longstanding ambiguity over Taiwan by TERAOKA Ayumi
2021.06.17

Why the world depends on Taiwan and TSMC’s high-performance chips by KAWAKAMI Momoko
2021.06.11

Robust vaccine supply chain is key to ending the pandemic by SAGARA Yoshiyuki
2021.06.10

A Chinese invasion of Taiwan: Why Japan should prepare for the worst by OUE Sadamasa
2021.06.06

COVID-19 shows that Japan needs to rebuild its infectious diseases strategy by SUZUKI Kazuto
2021.05.25

How Japan can avoid losing out on the world stage by FUNABASHI Yoichi, HOSOYA Yuichi and JIMBO Ken
2021.05.18

Managing the U.S. and China: Japan’s best way forward by FUNABASHI Yoichi, HOSOYA Yuichi and JIMBO Ken
2021.05.11

What the evolving international order means for Japan by FUNABASHI Yoichi, HOSOYA Yuichi and JIMBO Ken
2021.04.26

China’s maritime policies need a considered response from Japan by MASUO T. Chisako
2021.04.13

Countering China’s threat to the Senkakus requires a full rethink of operations by OYA Shin
2021.04.08

How Japan should deal with China’s new coast guard law by TAKEI Tomohisa
2021.04.06

China’s ambiguous coast guard law a challenge for Japan by TSURUTA Jun
2021.03.30

National consensus needed on the role of Self-Defense Forces in emergencies by OUE Sadamasa
2021.03.23

Japan needs a stronger crisis review system by SAGARA Yoshiyuki, MUKOYAMA Jun and SHIBATA Narumi
2021.03.19

The need to deepen fusion with Australia, Japan’s second ally by FUNABASHI Yoichi
2021.03.10

Japan’s lack of preparedness: Lessons from Fukushima and COVID-19 by SUZUKI Kazuto
2021.03.02

Protecting democracy in a free and open Indo-Pacific by HOSOYA Yuichi
2021.02.25

How to deal with China’s economic statecraft by OYA Shin
2021.02.23

Digital network building in the Pacific by MURAI Jun
2021.02.20

Australia and Japan’s alliance can beat China’s interdependence trap by TERADA Takashi
2021.02.07

What is needed to bring back freedom of movement by SAGARA Yoshiyuki
2021.02.02

Public investment in vaccine development is crucial for Japan’s future by SUZUKI Yasuhiro
2021.01.26

It’s time to reduce the world’s trade dependence on China by OYA Shin
2021.01.21

How Japan can help the U.K. meet its China challenge by KOSHINO Yuka
2021.01.17

Why a new Asia policy is needed under Biden by FUNABASHI Yoichi
2021.01.12

How Japan can lead a free and open Indo-Pacific by HOSOYA Yuichi
2021.01.08

The need to digitalize Japanese society as a whole by MUKOYAMA Jun
2021.01.07

How Japan can become a data powerhouse by MUKOYAMA Jun
2020.12.29

The lessons from East Asia’s coronavirus successes by ABE Keishi
2020.12.17

How to adapt to Biden’s trade and climate policies by OYA Shin
2020.12.10

Can Japan keep up in the 21st-century space race? by OUE Sadamasa
2020.12.06

Why China is eager to promote atomic energy by SHIBATA Narumi
2020.11.26

Why the West continues to get China’s future wrong by TOKUCHI Tatsuhito
2020.11.24

Undersea internet cables offer more resilient connection by MURAI Jun
2020.11.19

How Tokyo can navigate the Japan-U.S.-China trap by FUNABASHI Yoichi
2020.11.10

The danger lurking behind the U.S.’s reciprocity policy by OYA Shin
2020.11.03

What China’s ‘dual circulation’ strategy means for the world by OYA Shin
2020.10.29

Designing a vision for Japan’s green recovery by SHIBATA Narumi
2020.10.22

Harnessing technology key to winning race against COVID-19 by MUKOYAMA Jun
2020.10.08

Ensuring Japan’s future as a strategic partner of the U.S. by HOSOYA Yuichi
2020.09.27

Establishing resistance to overseas influence by OYA Shin
2020.09.20

When international students pose a very real risk by TERAOKA Ayumi
2020.09.07

All-out effort needed to learn successful virus response by FUNABASHI Yoichi and HOSOYA Yuichi
2020.09.06

A supersurveillance society and its impact on democracy by FUNABASHI Yoichi and HOSOYA Yuichi
2020.09.04

Neither U.S. nor China will lead post-coronavirus order by FUNABASHI Yoichi and HOSOYA Yuichi
2020.09.03

The search for a leader in the post-coronavirus new order by FUNABASHI Yoichi and HOSOYA Yuichi
2020.09.01

How to reopen national borders by SAGARA Yoshiyuki
2020.08.23

Reconsidering post-coronavirus China investment strategies by TOKUCHI Tatsuhito
2020.08.13

It’s time to rethink the Japan-U.S. alliance by OUE Sadamasa
2020.07.28

Coping with China’s economic threat by OYA Shin
2020.07.19

Japan in a post-coronavirus world by ISOBE Koichi
2020.07.03

Internet holds the key to the post-coronavirus era by MURAI Jun