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Great Power Rivalries in the Global South

Navigating Financial and Economic Security Issues in a Multi-Polar World

During March 22-24, 2024, the Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC) organized an international symposium in Istanbul, Turkey, funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York and Konrad-AdenauerStiftung (KAS). The symposium brought together 29 leading experts and practitioners in international finance and foreign policy from Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America to exchange ideas, break silos and forge connections.

中曽根平和研究所との覚書署名式

12月6日、コンラート・アデナウアー財団シュティフトゥング（KAS）日本事務所は、中曽根平和研究所（NPI）との間で、経済安全保障分野での協力関係を確認する覚書（MoU: Memorandum of Understanding）を締結した。

Shaping an Equiverse: Pathways to Parity

The International Leadership Conference “Shaping an Equiverse: Pathways to Parity”, jointly organised by TalentNomics India and KAS SOPAS in New Delhi, India, was held in person on November 24th, 2023.

ウクライナ戦争：欧州の対応とインド太平洋へのインプリケーション

10月26日、コンラート・アデナウアー財団（KAS）日本事務所は、「ウクライナ戦争：欧州の対応とインド太平洋へのインプリケーション」をめぐって専門家によるラウンド・テーブルを開催した。 冒頭、モデレーターの慶應義塾大学 鶴岡路人准教授より本会の位置づけについて説明を行った上で、KAS日本事務所のラベア・ブラウアー代表よりブリュッセル・スクール・オブ・ガバナンスのCentre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS)及び日本の専門家各位による参加を歓迎、謝辞を述べた。 CSDSのスピーカーが言及したポイントは以下通り。 • 欧州・大西洋（EU-Altantic）、インド太平洋（Indo-Pacific）それぞれの地域から見たロシアによるウクライナ侵攻の影響 • 米国の軍事的プレゼンスを通じた両地域の間接的なつながり • 価値感を共にする日本及び台湾の欧州による再評価 • 東欧諸国の中国へのポジショニング変化 • EUの戦略的自律性における防衛協力の更なる緊密化と強化 • 防衛分野におけるEUとNATOのより良い連携・協力への発展 その後、新領域（ニュー・ドメイン）における日・NATO協力、台湾有事、志を共にする国々の連帯、兵器システム等について議論が行われた。

5th German-Asian Business Dialogue

In Asien wird über die Zukunft der internationalen Ordnung entschieden

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Yoshihide Suga wins the LDP leadership Election.

Succeeding PM Shinzo Abe

Yesterday (September 14), Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga enjoyed a land sliding victory, winning 70% of the overall eligible votes for the LDP leadership election. Key messages are: 1. His victory was obvious even before the election as the major factions had expressed their support to him. 2. Fumio Kishida managed to stay in the race for the next year’s full-fledged leadership election. He could only obtain support from a small portion of regional votes. 3. Shigeru Ishiba came last. His popularity among the public is his strong point. However, he lost 16 percentage points from the regional chapters compared to 2018. He could not garner a big support from Diet members outside his faction.

KAS Japan Weekly COVID-19 Updates

4 August

Unemployment rate in June stood at 2.8%. It’s 0.1 percentage point down from May. Is it any good sign? Key messages include: 1. Those who lost their jobs have turned themselves into freelancers, however there’s no assurance that it will last. 2. The ratio of involuntary unemployment is rising. In Japan almost 40% of the workers are non-regular employment. 3. Non-regular workers could be targeted with termination of contracts. The unemployment rate may then become much higher. Watch the video to learn more!

KAS Japan Weekly COVID-19 Updates

22 July

Thirty-five percent of medical institutions would pay less or cut bonus as hospital management is deteriorating due to Covid-19 as people refrain from going to hospitals. Key messages include: A survey by Japan Hospitals Association in May found the profits of about 1,200 hospitals went negative in April. Covid-19 treatment hospitals were more severely hit. Their revenues plummeted. The Government of Japan must support the hospitals to avoid their services going out, which is widely shared across the political spectrum.

KAS Japan Weekly COVID-19 Updates

30 June

Tokyo’s population reached 14 million as of May 1. But the rise in April went down compared to the previous months. Covid-19 is nudging people in big cities to consider their place to live. Key messages are: Covid-19 changed people’s perception on living in big cities, as a new risk. Some people have moved or consider moving out of big cities. Companies will be the key in allowing their employees to live wherever they wish under a condition of working from home. Watch the video to learn more!

KAS Japan Weekly COVID-19 Updates

12 May 2020

GOJ extended the state of emergency to the end of May. As the Golden Week (Japanese national holidays in early May) ended, discussions on exit strategy has become active in the politcs. GOJ is likely to remove the state of emergency off from 34 prefectures. The infected cases has fallen to 100 or less in the past days. GOJ's criteria for lifting the state of emergency are: (1) Situations of infected cases in each prefecture (2) Situations of prefectural medical system (3) Function of monitoring system. Nikkei poll found 55% of the respondents were not in favor of GOJ's measures to Covid-19, 11 percentage points down from the previous one.