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Masahiro Matsumura

Masahiro Matsumura

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Masahiro Matsumura is Professor of International Politics at St. Andrew’s University (Momoyama Gakuin Daigaku) in Osaka.

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  1. China’s Self-Destructive Maritime Strategy
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    China’s Self-Destructive Maritime Strategy

    Aug 20, 2015 Masahiro Matsumura points out that the country undermining security in the South China Sea depends on it the most.

  2. China’s Resurgent Warlords
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    China’s Resurgent Warlords

    Jun 25, 2014 Masahiro Matsumura links North Korea’s execution of Chang Song-thaek to Chinese political infighting.

  3. From San Francisco to the South China Sea
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    From San Francisco to the South China Sea

    Oct 8, 2013 Masahiro Matsumura on the San Francisco Peace Treaty and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

  4. Praetorian China?
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    Praetorian China?

    Apr 26, 2013 Masahiro Matsumura

  5. Oki-Now-What?
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    Oki-Now-What?

    Nov 13, 2012 Masahiro Matsumura

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    In Praise of First-Past-the-Post

    Andrés Velasco explains why Britain’s electoral system is better than all the plausible alternatives.
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    Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Xanthe Scharff argue that negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians must no longer be the province of men.
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    Macron and Europe’s Centrists Are Out of Good Options

    Yanis Varoufakis shows that an intractable economic conundrum lies behind the current impasse in French politics.
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    Immigration Does Not Start at the US Border

    Carlos Alvarado-Quesada laments the failure of Republicans and Democrats alike to address the root causes of migration.
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    Will AI Kill Off Money?

    Jean-Pierre Landau considers some of the underappreciated implications of an economy run entirely by machines.
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    A Philosopher for Our Times

    Enrique Krauze shows that, given rising illiberalism, the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza is as relevant as ever.
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    A New Worldview for Troubled Times

    Dennis J. Snower proposes four principles to guide policymaking and global negotiations in the age of climate change.
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    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.
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    An Arab Spring for Bangladesh?

    M. Niaz Asadullah argues that young protestors could help the country chart a democratic course and achieve sustainable growth.

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