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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.

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.

Condivergence: The duality of life

Author: Andrew Sheng, Member, Asia Global Institute

In his Condivergence series in The Edge Malaysia, Andrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow of Asia Global Institute, says the polarisation in society that we witness today is a reversion to a more fundamentalist outlook of the social, religious and political levels, driven by the widespread social technology. He believes this is the greatest irony of the duality of life. Social media technology, which promised to narrow access to information and result in convergence of society (reduction in social income, wealth and knowledge), has instead created greater divergence of society.

RTHK: Interview on US-China Trade War

Alejandro T. Reyes, Director of Knowledge Dissemination of Asia Global Institute, was joined by fellow panellists at RTHK to discuss the US-China trade war.

Paper on Sino-Japanese Relations by Yoshikazu Kato

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

Yoshikazu Kato, Adjunct Associate Professor of Asia Global Institute, has written a review paper on Sino-Japanese relations. He explains how the two countries can overcome dilemmas and manage the complicated bilateral relations more effectively as they enter a new “Two Giants” era in the history of East Asia.

CGTN: INSIGHTS ON Emperor Naruhito and the role of Japan's monarchy

Yoshikazu Kato, Adjunct Associate Professor of Asia Global Institute, speaks with CGTN on the priorities of Emperor Naruhito, Japan’s relations with the US, China and South Korea in the era of Reiwa and Trump’s recent visit to Japan.

Beyond Unemployment

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

Michael Spence, Advisory Board Co-Chair of Asia Global Institute, explores the many dimensions of employment that determine an economy's health - and a workforce's wellbeing.

How Will the US-China Trade War End?

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 say that the pain of Donald Trump's policies will eventually hit America where it counts - financial markets.

The World’s Next Big Growth Challenge

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

Michael Spence, Advisory Board Co-Chair of Asia Global Institute, asks whether today's developing economies can replicate the poverty reduction achieved by yesterday's.

CGTN: INSIGHTS ON the outlook for China-Japan relations and US- Japan relations in the era of Reiwa

Yoshikazu Kato, Adjunct Associate Professor of Asia Global Institute, was joined by fellow panellists at CGTN to discuss the outlook for China-Japan relations and US- Japan relations in the era of Reiwa.

The US stumbles under the burden of global leadership. The rest of the world may pay a heavier price

Author: Andrew Sheng, Member, Asia Global Institute

Asia Global Institute's Distinguished Fellow Andrew Sheng says that the turn to populism suggests the old system of Keynesian spending, free trade and military commitments no longer works for the US. This could be costly for America’s partners.

The Power of China’s Urban Clusters

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 tout the government's promotion of local-level experimentation to develop green, inclusive growth models.

CGTN: INSIGHTS ON JAPAN PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE’S VISIT TO NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPEAN UNION

Yoshikazu Kato, Adjunct Associate Professor of Asia Global Institute, speaks with CGTN on Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to North America and E.U. ahead of the G20 Summit.

CGTN: INSIGHTS ON JAPAN-US TRADE TALKS

Yoshikazu Kato, Adjunct Associate Professor of Asia Global Institute, speaks with CGTN on Japan-US trade talks.

CGTN: INSIGHTS ON SINO-JAPANESE RELATIONS & JAPAN’S ROLE IN MULTILATERAL COOPERATION

Yoshikazu Kato, Adjunct Associate Professor of Asia Global Institute, speaks with CGTN on Sino-Japanese relations and Japan’s role in forging multilateral cooperation following the recent meeting of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang with Japan’s Foreign Minister Taro Kono.

China's accountability system unique

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 talk about the success of the Chinese authorities' experimental approach in policymaking, characterized by trial and error and constant adaptation.

Condivergence: Balance, convergence and divergence

Author: Andrew Sheng, Member, Asia Global Institute

In his Condivergence series in the Edge Malaysia, Andrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow of Asia Global Institute, explores if the idea that man is born equal is a myth. He believes the rise of the technology age has made information and knowledge the creation of both jobs, income and wealth, so those who do not have the right education and skills will be left further and further behind.