Robert Ward
@RobertAlanWard
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Director of Geo-economics, Japan Chair ジャパン・チェア・プログラム Senior Fellow for Japanese Security Studies at The International Institute for Strategic Studies @iiss_org
Joined December 2013
Trump’s brief mention of looming ‘reciprocal tariffs’ at the Trump-Ishiba presser hints at bilateral headwinds despite otherwise successful summit for 🇯🇵—incl Trump ref to Ishiba’s ‘greatness’ Japan faces Trump’s reciprocal tariffs on farm goods and autos
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US concerns about China have put Japan high up in the Trump pecking order—Ishiba 2nd foreign leader to meet him. Slight thaw in China-Japan relations too as Beijing seeks to hedge vs US. トランプ氏が認めた｢日本の価値｣ 首脳会談、視線は中国：日本経済新聞
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…Points to a probably more transactional flavour of bilat relationship going forward. The $70bn trade imbalance in 🇯🇵’s favour may also create issues, despite Trump’s diplomatic optimism that this can be resolved quickly.
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As the Ishiba-Trump meeting looms, much looking back at Abe’s ability to exert strategic charm on Trump to further Japan’s interests—this involved 14 meetings with Trump, five rounds of golf with him and 36 phone calls. Great Nikkei infographic.
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Ahead of the crucial Trump-Ishiba meeting, a useful round-up of previous US President-Japanese PM meetings in past 10 years—14 alone for Abe in Trump’s first term. Nikkei chart.
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RT @StevenIsserlis: Wisdom from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, b otd 1906 The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it…
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👀 Astonishing.
Just watching this video is enough to understand why Sviatoslav Richter was one of the great legends of classical music in the 20th century. Chopin's Étude Op. 10 No. 4 becomes a stunning and almost delirious display of rhythmic energy, power, and virtuosity—pure madness.
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