March 6, 2020 Tobias Harris Tobias Harris Tobias Harris is an expert on Japanese politics, and worked in 2006-2007 on the staff of Keiichiro Asao, at that time a member of the upper house of the Japanese Diet and shadow foreign minister for the Democratic Party... Read More...
Asia July 19, 2021 ASIA: Weekly politics update Politics editorial Bob Herrera-Lim, Gabriel Wildau, Tobias Harris Below is the weekly update of political developments across East Asia. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you want to discuss any of the countries mentioned in more detail. CHINA: Xi’s coal message signals willingness to... Read More...
Asia March 3, 2021 NORTH KOREA: Pyongyang could expand cyber attacks as economic crisis continues North Korea, Politics cyber, editorial Tobias Harris, Victor Cha The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in February that it was indicting three members of North Korea’s Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), a clandestine agency that manages cyber warfare activities, for attempts to steal more than USD 1.3bn in... Read More...
Asia April 22, 2021 ASIA: Weekly politics update Asia, Emerging Markets, Politics editorial Bob Herrera-Lim, Gabriel Wildau, Tobias Harris Below is the weekly update of political developments... Read More...
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Asia March 3, 2021 ASIA: China’s new Coast Guard Law is not an escalation of maritime disputes Technology, Asia, China, Politics editorial Bob Herrera-Lim, Gabriel Wildau, Tobias Harris China’s new Coast Guard Law is part of a long-term administrative and legal reform effort and does not signal near-term escalation of territorial and maritime disputes in the South and East China Seas. However, Tokyo and... Read More...
Asia April 20, 2021 JAPAN/US: Biden and Suga use first meeting to offer new vision Japan, Politics, US Tobias Harris US President Joe Biden welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to the White House on Friday, 16 April, Biden’s first in-person summit with a foreign leader since his inauguration and Suga’s first visit to the US as prime minister. Despite... Read More...
Asia March 24, 2021 JAPAN: Suga has no good option as he weighs election timing China, Japan, Politics, US Tobias Harris The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) held its annual convention for the first time since 2019 on 21 March amid speculation that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga could call a general election as soon as April. Suga could be tempted as his... Read More...
