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Japan/China – Japanese academic: Has Japan ‘crossed the Rubicon’ in Japan-China relations? (ThinkChina)

Tomoki Kamo With China's increasingly strong rhetoric on its core interests and its criticism of Japan's recent diplomatic moves, Japanese academic Tomoki Kamo takes stock...

Japan/China/USA – Japanese academic: Biden’s emphasis on allies is impacting Japan-China relations (ThinkChina)

Shin Kawashima Relations between Japan and China have been on an uptrend in the past few years. Even after the new Suga administration came to...

Japan – Why aren’t there more women leaders in corporate Japan? (East Asia Forum)

Kumiko Nemoto, Senshu University Japan is still a long way from reaching the government’s goal of having 30 per cent of its leaders be women. In 2019,...

Indonesia – Patronage is politicising Indonesia’s bureaucracy (East Asia Forum)

Adfin Rochmad Baidhowah, IPDN Bureaucratic appointments are coming under the spotlight in Indonesia due to a pattern of politicians abusing their power. The latest survey from Indonesia’s...

Analyzing artificial intelligence plans in 34 countries (Brookings)

Samar Fatima, Kevin C. Desouza, Gregory S. Dawson, and James S. Denford The belief that AI dominance is imperative for economic development, military control, and strategic competitiveness has...

Syria – The coming crisis in Idlib (Brookings)

Omer Karasapan On July 10, 2021, Bab al-Hawa, the last remaining border crossing between Turkey and the Syrian rebel province of Idlib, may close as...

USA – What would it cost to replace all the nation’s lead water pipes? (Brookings)

Sophia Campbell and David Wessel Removing lead from America’s drinking water is gathering political support. President Biden’s American Jobs Plan proposes $45 billion to replace lead pipes and service...

Africa – Figure of the week: COVID-19’s impact on conflict (Brookings)

Tamara White The short-term economic and health impacts of COVID-19 in Africa have been myriad, and policymakers are just beginning to anticipate and prepare for the pandemic’s...

How partisan polarization drives the spread of fake news (Brookings)

Mathias Osmundsen, Michael Bang Petersen, and Alexander Bor If platforms and policymakers are to devise effective solutions to the proliferation of fabricated news stories online, they must...

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