Asia Global Institute

The Power of Three: How US-China-Japan Dynamics Shape Asia Pacific

Author: Yoshikazu Kato, Adjunct Associate Professor, Asia Global Institute

The relationships among the United States, China and Japan have emerged as the world’s most important trilateral network. China’s political system and ideology are unlikely to converge with those of the US and Japan, which means mutual distrust will remain for the long term. But with the strong and assured leadership of Prime Minister Abe, Japan could be the lynchpin the keeps US-China relations from going off the rails, writes Yoshikazu Kato, Adjunct Associate Professor at the Asia Global Institute.

The “Digital Revolution” of Wellbeing

Author: Michael Spence, Advisory Board Co-Chair, Asia Global Institute

Michael Spence, Advisory Board Co-Chair of Asia Global Institute, considers the impact of new technologies on how we think - or should think - about economic benefits and costs.

Condivergence: To act or not to act

Author: Andrew Sheng, Member, Asia Global Institute

We have to make decisions every day under uncertainty. But after every decision, we have to act or not act. In his Convedivergence series, Andrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow of Asia Global Institute, says that there are few certainties and only growing uncertainties force us to make decisions and choices about the future.

CGTN: Insights on China-Japan relations with the upcoming G20 summit in Osaka

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s first trip to Japan since taking office in 2013 for the G20 summit. Are China-Japan ties ready to blossom? Yoshikazu Kato, Adjunct Associate Professor of Asia Global Institute, was joined by fellow panellists at CGTN in the discussion.

Xi’s Calculations and Abe’s Ambitions

Author: Yoshikazu Kato, Adjunct Associate Professor, Asia Global Institute

In this New York Times op-ed, Yoshikazu Kato, Adjunct Associate Professor of Asia Global Institute, discusses the threats and opportunities to Japan brought by the trade war between China and US. He also explores the two ‘realistic’ and two ‘idealistic’ goals Shinzo Abe would like to achieve through diplomacy during the rest of his term as Japan’s prime minister.

Corporate America in the Crossfire

Authors: Andrew Sheng, Member, Asia Global Institute / Xiao Geng, President, Hong Kong Institution for International Finance

Asia Global Institute's Distinguished Fellow Andrew Sheng and Professor Xiao Geng show why US multinationals will be the biggest losers in Donald's Trump's trade war with China.