China & East Asia

It had all started with a little-noticed announcement in May last year, banning the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, an American state pension fund, from investing in Chinese securities. The Board had previously attempted to…

Si contano i costi umani ed economici del ritiro americano e occidentale dall’Afghanistan, certo. Ma la vittoria talebana ha nondimeno implicazioni ideologiche travolgenti: scoperchia la crisi del vecchio ordine mondiale davanti…

Vulnerabilities in crucial supply chains in the US, Europe and East Asia came into sharp relief during the Covid-19 pandemic. Given that many of the gaps in medical supplies could only be filled—in the acute phase of the crisis—by China…

Quando il 4 febbraio del 2022 si terrà la cerimonia d’apertura dei Giochi olimpici invernali di Pechino, per la terza volta consecutiva la manifestazione sportiva più importante e seguita del mondo avrà luogo in Asia orientale. Nel 2018 i…

The upcoming Olympics mean a lot to Japan, a once sparkling economic superpower that has grappled with multiple crises in recent decades. Successfully hosting the event, against all odds and after billions of dollars of investments, would…