After six years in the USA, Paul Linnarz takes over the management of the Japan country office and the Regional Economic Programme Asia (SOPAS) from Thomas Yoshimura.
The Indo-Pacific region’s rapidly growing economies and pivotal trade routes endow its strategic importance in global economic and geopolitical affairs. The increasing tensions among key players that play out in the region, highlight the urgent need for robust frameworks that safeguard not only its economic prosperity but also its security. In this context, the Indo-Pacific […]
Building on accumulated insights over the past few years, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung’s Regional Economic Programme Asia (SOPAS) and the Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation (TAEF) present a comprehensive analysis of the future of work across selected countries in East, South and Southeast Asia.
In the 2024 general election, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior coalition partner, Komeito, lost their majority, which subsequently affected the policy-making process of the ruling bloc. The minority LDP-Komeito government was compelled to seek support from opposition parties to realize its policies, adopting a more humble approach. This paper reviews the […]
This research publication by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung’s Regional Economic Programme Asia (SOPAS) and TalentNomics India, through Thought Arbitrage Consulting (TAC), looks at four dimensions of economic empowerment of women in the formal sector in Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Building on existing literature, the research contributes new data gathered from a survey of over 1,000 […]
The second joint seminar on economic security, organized by the Nakasone Peace Institute (NPI) and the Japan office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, will focus on critical raw materials and supply chains. In the first part a collaboratively developed joint paper with policy recommendations will be presented, while the second part will feature a panel discussion with […]
The Keio Center for Strategy (KCS) at Keio University, the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) at the Brussels School of Governance, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Japan Office are pleased to host a public symposium titled “Navigating in a World of Uncertainty: Challenges for Japan and Europe”. As Russia’s full-scale […]
Shigeaki Shiraishi examines Japan’s pioneering approach, current challenges, and significance in our latest paper.
In 2024, the world is at an inflection point, the most important since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. There is widespread concern about the increasingly fragmented state of the international system, and the capacity of leading governments to address challenges that have become increasingly complex. The value of breaking down […]
This paper aims to analyze the economic impact of the Taiwan Strait tensions on ASEAN economies under two scenarios of escalation vis-à-vis a maintenance of the status quo: China quarantining Taiwan or China invading Taiwan.
