"Driven by economic and social pressures, tens of thousands of workers from China, mostly middle-aged men, are employed in eastern Indonesia’s nickel industry, which has sprung up in the last decade."

Ensimmäinen kolumnini @ulkopolitist.fi pohtii, mikä on Yhdysvaltojen strategia Aasian ja Tyynenmeren alueella - onko se oikeasti maan ulko- ja turvallisuuspolitiikan painopiste vai ei? Trumpin toisen presidenttikauden tähänastisesta politiikasta vastausta on vaikea löytää 🔍

"The hyperscalers are convinced that they are involved in making a truly epic, transformative leap. They have plenty of internal financial resources... What they need most, given the extreme urgency of their competition, is for Washington not to get in their way."

"The message to LNG exporters — especially those in the US who see China as a growth market in the 2030s — is clear: China will need less gas, and on better terms."

"The [election post-mortem] report provides nine answers to this question, and, while Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru is not personally blamed anywhere, arguably responsibility for eight of the nine causes can be laid at the feet of the prime minister."

"It is a tragic and destructive irony that, in the name of national security, the United States is now injuring the allies that have contributed the most to its economic well-being while leaving China far less disadvantaged."

"What all these analyses, from the most scientific to the most ideological, seemed to imply was that Japan had somehow solved the basic collective action problems of capitalism."

"Self-styled prophets are claiming they have 'awakened' chatbots and accessed the secrets of the universe through ChatGPT"

"Setting up overseas plants, however, remains a delicate operation, bound up not only with the company’s complex calculations about future prospects, but also with geopolitics and diplomacy."

Maanpuolustustahto mintissä, mutta noinkohan on reserviläiskuntosi laita? Lanseeraamallamme Charly Challengella voit selvittää, onko elämäsi huippukunto jo saavutettu – vai olisiko aika heittää X:llä vesilintua ja pyyhkäistä viimein voimistelumatolta pölyt. 💨 ulkopolitist.fi/2025/04/01/o...

"The fiasco here is not that Apple is late on AI... The fiasco is that Apple pitched a story that wasn’t true, one that some people within the company surely understood wasn’t true, and they set a course based on that."

Uusin (nyt jo parin viikon takainen) @ulkopolitist.fi juttuni Japanin politiikan epävakaasta tilasta. Pähkinänkuoressa: 📉 Laskussa: LDP:n ja Komeiton vähemmistöhallituskoalitio 📈 Nousussa: Oppositio ja karismaattiset somepoliitikot Lue lisää 👇

"Airlines complain that sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is too expensive and not enough is being made. But energy companies are reluctant to invest in more production until there are long-term orders." on.ft.com/4kkPPUj

Wrote a blog post on Japan's consumer finance ("sarakin") firms and their background - with some analysis of their TV adverts, which sparked my interest in the industry in the first place. If this sounds interesting, give it a read!

Narendra Modin kahden hallintokauden jälkeen moni intialainen on herännyt miettimään mitä tapahtui heidän kotimaalleen. Nyt istuva pääministeri on viemässä BJP-puolueen kohti kolmatta perättäistä vaalivoittoa. Artikkelini @ulkopolitist.bsky.social

Kirjoitin @ulkopolitist.bsky.social median roolista maineikkaiden popbändien tuottajana tunnetun Johnny Kitagawan tekemän hyväksikäytön peittelyssä. 👇

Moi Bluesky! Jaan @ulkopolitist.bsky.social Aasian & Tyynenmeren aluetta koskevia juttuja syksyn ajalta. Ensimmäisenä vuorossa eilen julkaistu Noora Isomäen artikkeli, jossa analysoidaan EU:n ja Kaakkois-Aasian maiden erimielisyyksiä liittyen palmuöljyn tuotantoon. 👇