AsiaGlobal Online Journal

Geopolitics

Resolving the China-US Competition and the Greater Global Challenge

Thursday, May 28, 2020
Any accelerated decoupling of the US and Chinese economies is bound to have serious implications for the trading, technology and financial partners of both nations.
Geopolitics

US-China Competition: It’s the Economy, Thucydides

Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Graham Allison’s “Thucydides trap” is not a trigger for war, but only the pre-condition for hegemonic conflict.

Covid-19 and the Implementation of Xi Jinping’s Major-Power Diplomacy

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Tensions between China and the US have been exacerbated by the emergence of a more assertive China on the global stage and Xi Jinping’s pursuit of major-power diplomacy

Security

Covid-19 and the Global Food Supply

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Many food-importing countries must boost domestic food production during the pandemic, but withdrawing from global trade is not the answer to promoting food security.

Economy

Sealing Borders Leads Only to a Pyrrhic Victory

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

While drastic actions may yield success in controlling the spread of the coronavirus, they will likely lead to severe damage to economies that may be felt for years

Featured

Covid-19

Covid-19 and the Decade of Risk

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

David Morris

A dangerous decade lies ahead for the global economy as well as for health and safety, and only a fundamental rethink about how nations can collaborate will be the cure.

Geopolitics

The China-US Technological Competition and its Opportunity Costs

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Chen Xi

The US-China trade dispute is much more than a battle over a US$420 billion deficit, what the tensions are really about is a race for “geo-technological” superiority.

Technology

Beyond the U.S.-China Race for Geotechnological Supremacy

Thursday, February 1, 2018

Andy Yee

The world is looking on uneasily as China challenges the United States as a technological power, but a zero-sum game is not an inevitability. Governments, businesses, and civil society can come together to help the world break out of this duopoly for a more sustainable future.

AsiaGlobal Voices

Trending Opinions From Across the Region

Japan

The Coronavirus Relief Allowance for Children is too Small

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

To prevent households with children from having no rice to eat today, the allowance should be at least 30,000 yen per child.

Sri Lanka

Quarantine Vs Commemorations

Friday, May 22, 2020

Is quarantine a method of punishment?

Philippines

The Jobs-Education Mismatch From The Students’ Perspective

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

The biggest mismatch is in the graduates’ lack of the core skills of critical thinking, communication, and problem-solving skills, much more than technical skills.

Japan

Do Not Use War Imagery As A Metaphor In The Coronavirus Battle

Friday, May 22, 2020

Another challenge for health professionals is how to compete with government in providing reliable information.

South Korea

Parental Neglect, Filial Piety and the Hara Goo Law

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

South Korean society is witnessing the rise of another extreme of "filial litigation".

Japan

Take a Second Look at Abe’s Attempt to Revise Special Prosecutor Law

Friday, May 22, 2020

While everyone in Japan is free to express a political opinion, individual judgement must not be based on intuition, feelings and anti-intellectualism.

News from Asia Global Institute

INTERVIEW | IS JAPAN READY FOR A COVID-19 OUTBREAK? | YOSHIKAZU KATO

Monday, March 2, 2020

Yoshikazu Kato, Adjunct Associate Professor, Asia Global Institute

While the Japanese government maintains the country is safe from a large-scale COVID-19 epidemic, many people worry that the virus may over-stretch its medical system. Our adjunct associate professor Yoshikazu Kato shares his views on the subject with CGTN.

OP-ED I CHINA’S RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK

Monday, February 3, 2020

Ananth Krishnan, 2019 AsiaGlobal Fellow, Asia Global Institute

China is facing its ultimate test with the Novel Coronavirus outbreak. Ananth Krishnan, 2019 AsiaGlobal Fellow, gives his take on China’s response to the new virus.

OP-ED I DEMOCRACY IN MALAWI I GEORGE LWANDA AND JOHN CHIPEMBERE LWANDA

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

2018 AsiaGlobal Fellow George Lwanda and John Chipembere Lwanda

2018 AsiaGlobal Fellow George Lwanda and John Chipembere Lwanda argue that Scotland has a moral obligation founded on its historical and cultural links with Malawi to publicly take a stand that supports and not compromises the democratic will of the people of Malawi.

PODCAST | THE HONG KONG PROTESTS: THE VIEW FROM CAMPUS | ALEJANDRO REYES

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Alejandro T. Reyes

Asia Global Institute Director of Knowledge Dissemination Alejandro Reyes speaks with SupChina on the Hong Kong protests.

Resolving the China-US Competition and the Greater Global Challenge

US-China Competition: It’s the Economy, Thucydides

Covid-19 and the Implementation of Xi Jinping’s Major-Power Diplomacy

Covid-19 and the Global Food Supply

Sealing Borders Leads Only to a Pyrrhic Victory

Featured

Covid-19 and the Decade of Risk

The China-US Technological Competition and its Opportunity Costs

Beyond the U.S.-China Race for Geotechnological Supremacy

AsiaGlobal Voices

Trending Opinions From Across the Region

The Coronavirus Relief Allowance for Children is too Small

Quarantine Vs Commemorations

The Jobs-Education Mismatch From The Students’ Perspective

Do Not Use War Imagery As A Metaphor In The Coronavirus Battle

Parental Neglect, Filial Piety and the Hara Goo Law

Take a Second Look at Abe’s Attempt to Revise Special Prosecutor Law

News from Asia Global Institute

INTERVIEW | IS JAPAN READY FOR A COVID-19 OUTBREAK? | YOSHIKAZU KATO

OP-ED I CHINA’S RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK

OP-ED I DEMOCRACY IN MALAWI I GEORGE LWANDA AND JOHN CHIPEMBERE LWANDA

PODCAST | THE HONG KONG PROTESTS: THE VIEW FROM CAMPUS | ALEJANDRO REYES

ASIAN PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL ISSUES

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