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China’s Growing Soft Power: Should Europe Protect its Cultural Industries?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Korea ProjectBy: Stephen RangerOne of the notable aspects of China’s foreign policy in recent years has been the increasing focus on developing soft power. Beijing has arguably...
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Transatlantic Trade Relations: Return to Normal?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTrump’s rhetoric on trade during his election campaign set a bad tone for US trade policy in general, but also for EU-US trade relations. However,...
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What’s the Economic Impact of Brexit and the US Withdrawal from TPP?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Latin America North America South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityDr Kenichi Kawasaki, Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo and a leading expert on quantitative modelling...
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Book Review: Europe in Emerging Asia
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Guest AuthorEurope in Emerging Asia, Opportunities and Obstacles in Political and Economic Encounters, edited by Fredrik Erixon and Krishnan Srinivasan This...
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Strategic Challenge or Economic Benefit? Interpreting China’s FDI Flows
By: Stephen RangerForeign Direct Investment (FDI) and national security are often adversarial to one another. This is particularly the case with outward FDI from China...
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A US Retreat from TPP: What Does Services Trade Tell Us?
Research Areas: Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy North America South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityDuring last weekend’s summit meeting of Asia-Pacific leaders in Peru, President Obama made the case that failure to sign on to TPP would...
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The Impact of Globalisation on South Korea’s Nuclear Industry and its Strategic Choices
Tags: South KoreaBy: Stephen RangerSouth Korea’s nuclear industry has emerged in recent years to become a significant player in what is a competitive market. Its biggest achievement...
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A Tale of Two Continents
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Guest AuthorBy Anupam Ray, Professor at Paterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, University of Kentucky at Lexington,...
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Looking Beyond the Trade Deals: South Korea’s New Relations with Iran
By: Stephen RangerIt may have been a long time coming, but a South Korean president has finally made a state visit to Iran. On May 1, 2016, South Korea’s President...
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The “Winning Cards” in the Digital Era: Internet, Smart Devices, and Online Network Services
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Korea ProjectBy: Jimmyn ParcIt was the “Walkman” which transformed Sony from a relatively unknown small company in the 1970s to the prominent global giant that we know...
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Can Europe Shape the Peaceful Rise of China? Working through the AIIB
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Stephen RangerThe old adage was that the future of Asia would be Europe’s past, yet Europe’s role in the region’s future has often been given little...
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Beyond Geo-blocking: “Gangnam Style” is not just for Gangnam
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Korea ProjectBy: Jimmyn Parc“Gangnam Style” by Psy has been a seemingly unstoppable musical force around the world. With over 2.5 billion clicks (as of February 2016) this...