Weekly Digest
Asia on Tap
This week's picks
In the latest essay from Emerging Voices on the New Normal in Asia, Frega Wenas Inkiriwang examines Indonesia’s efforts to recalibrate its defense diplomacy at a time when ASEAN countries struggle to cope with the pandemic and deal with the Sino-U.S. rivalry.
As companion reads to this week’s commentary by Saori Katada on Japan’s emergence as a leader in protecting the international liberal economic order, we recommend a roundtable on her book Japan’s New Regional Reality: Geoeconomic Strategy in the Asia-Pacific from the new issue of Asia Policy and a commentary on Taiwan’s trade policies from earlier this year.
Until next time,
Roy Kamphausen
President, The National Bureau of Asian Research
Recalibrating Indonesia’s Defense Diplomacy for the New Normal
Essay by Frega Wenas Inkiriwang
Carrying the Torch of Free Trade in the Indo-Pacific: Japan’s Challenging Role
Commentary by Saori N. Katada
Saori N. Katada’s Japan’s New Regional Reality: Geoeconomic Strategy in the Asia-Pacific
Roundtable with T. J. Pempel, Kristin Vekasi, Shihoko Goto, William Grimes, and Saori Katada
Taiwan’s Trade Policies: Strategies and Constraints
Commentary by Vinod K. Aggarwal