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What the New Cabinet Means for Japan’s China Policy
The fall of 2024 has been eventful in Japanese politics. After several months of scandals involving political funds within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stepped down and, following the…
Is China Turning Japanese?
China’s economic development model resembles that of Japan over 30 years ago with high savings, and high investment, but with restrained consumption and rigid institutions weighing increasingly on macroeconomic success. The chronic over-investment and misallocation of capital, particularly in the property sector,…
Voice for CHOICE #21: Lessons for Taiwan from the War in Ukraine with Tetsuo Kotani
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many have tried to draw a parallel between Ukraine and Taiwan. While it is true that both countries are threatened by a great power in their immediate neighborhood, there…
Does the European Green Deal Really Rely on China?
This article is part of a series of articles authored by young, aspiring China scholars under the Future CHOICE initiative. Still dealing with the heavy blow dealt by the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU has sought…
CHOICE-Japan Dialogue: Juxtaposed Priorities, Overlapping Lessons
Shortly after the G7 summit and its heightened wariness of both direct and indirect challenges posed by China, China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe (CHOICE) and the Japan Forum on International Relations (JFIR)…