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Masahiro Matsumura

Masahiro Matsumura

The Japan Times

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Trump’s ‘Gangster Diplomacy’: The Political Economy of US-Japan Tariffs

Trump’s ‘Gangster Diplomacy’: The Political Economy of US-Japan Tariffs

Trump’s use of tariffs is framed as ideological warfare against globalism, making Japan – a liberal internationalist stronghold – a prime target.

10.08.2025 70

E-International

Masahiro Matsumura

US Bombing of Iran and the Transition to a New International Legal Order

The choices made in response to the US action against Iran will determine whether power, not law, will define the contours of world politics in the...

18.07.2025 40

E-International

Masahiro Matsumura

Trump's trilemma for the Japan-U.S. alliance

07.01.2025 30

Nikkei Asian Review

Masahiro Matsumura

West must stop trying to pull India into the liberal democracy camp

20.08.2024 3

Nikkei Asian Review

Masahiro Matsumura