Asia Global Institute

Condivergence: Dilemmas versus trilemmas

Author: Andrew Sheng, Member, Asia Global Institute

In his Convedivergence series, Andrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow of Asia Global Institute, argues that the real “penta-lemma” that the whole world faces is how to square off people, planet and profits with two other Ps, namely politics and paradigms. These five factors are closely interrelated because it is the inability to deliver the first three - social equality, green living and good income - that politics has become toxic. We are living in a world where everything has become more complex and unpredictable. A new paradigm is urgently needed for a new age of technology, inequality and global warming.

CGTN: Insights on Abe's recent visit to Iran

Yoshikazu Kato, Adjunct Associate Professor of Asia Global Institute, was joined by fellow panellists at CGTN to discuss implications of Abe's recent visit to Iran. Can Japan position itself as a neutral intermediary in Middle East politics?

How the Rules-Based International Order Took Root

Author: Zhiwu Chen, Director, Asia Global Institute

The governance gap between the US and China - the former focuses on the rule of law, the latter on the rule by the Communist Party - suggests differences in their perceptions of the nature of a rules-based international order. Zhiwu Chen, Director of Asia Global Institute, says that this disconnect can be better understood by looking at how, at the beginning of the 20th century, lawyer-diplomats took over from military generals in negotiating international treaties.

US-China trade war talks collapsed due to ‘culture gap’ in understanding of law, professor says

An article in the South China Morning Post covering the perspectives of Zhiwu Chen, Director of Asia Global Institute, on how trade talks between China and the United States collapsed and Chinese and American officials failed to reach a deal.

Could the US and China Have Avoided Escalating Their Trade War?

Author: Zhiwu Chen, Director, Asia Global Institute

Zhiwu Chen, Director of Asia Global Institute, says that the rise in trade tensions between the US and China may be due to the American side’s failure to appreciate the implications of China’s not being a rule-of-law country – that administrative action, not laws on the books, get things done in China.

CGTN: Comments on Trump’s recent visit to Japan

Yoshikazu Kato, Adjunct Associate Professor of Asia Global Institute, was joined by fellow panellists at CGTN to discuss implications of Trump’s recent visit to Japan.