The author would like to extend special thanks to Dewjeong Lee for her substantive research and project management support. The United States has recently pursued “friendshoring” of supply chains to ...

Middle powers such as South Korea and Germany are at risk of becoming victims of great power politics in light of growing China-U.S. frictions. Faced with similar challenges from trade protectionism, ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. For most of the postwar period, U.S. international economic policy was primarily aimed at seizing opportunities: opening global markets, ...

With its economic security strategy and de-risking paradigm, the EU has begun to reestablish the dormant link between its security and economic policies. Focusing solely on risk mitigation, however, ...

European Council President Charles Michel, Italy's Primer Minister Giorgia Meloni, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, US ...

Economic security has been hitting the headlines in recent years, with the catchcry that “economic security is national security” underpinning many countries’ view of the world today. While there is ...

Consider the drone: Although it is critical to national defense and prosperity, nearly all its components are made in China. A country’s economic security—its ability to generate both national ...

On 19 August 2024, major Japanese retailer Seven & i Holdings announced that it had received a buyout proposal from Alimentation Couche-Tard, a leading Canadian retail chain. If approved, this ...

As economic security policies gain ground across major APEC economies, the forum has remained largely silent on the issue. While framed as national security, these policies often undermine the liberal ...

The world has entered an era in which economic conflict can increasingly determine the fate of nations. While the use of economic tactics to gain geopolitical advantage extends back to ancient Greece, ...