Philip Patrick

3 weeks ago | thespectator.com | Philip Patrick |Kate Andrews |Ross Clark |Michael Evans

In few places will the sense of shock and anxiety from Donald Trump’s tariffs be greater than in Japan. A whopping 24 per cent has been slapped on exports to the US. The Japanese, who have grown used to a decent relationship with successive American administrations and a whopping trade surplus, will have many sleepless nights ahead. The reaction here has not been one of anger or resentment – more stunned bemusement.

3 weeks ago | thespectator.com | Philip Patrick |Daniel McCarthy |Sam Olsen |Matthew Lynn

In few places will the sense of shock and anxiety from Donald Trump’s tariffs be greater than in Japan. A whopping 24 percent has been slapped on exports to the US. The Japanese, who have grown used to a decent relationship with successive American administrations and a whopping trade surplus, will have many sleepless nights ahead. The reaction here has not been one of anger or resentment – more stunned bemusement.

Jan 15, 2025 | spectator.co.uk | Philip Patrick

South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol has been arrested after police officers scaled fences and cut through barbed wire to detain him in his luxury Seoul residence. Suk-yeol, the first ever sitting South Korean leader to be taken into custody, was held in connection with his failed attempt to impose martial law last month. But while South Korean authorities have finally got their man, this is far from the end of the saga.

Jan 13, 2025 | capx.co | Philip Patrick

28 November 2024 @Pbp19Philip Photo: Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Photo: Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Expressing heterodox thought in universities has become career suicide Academic groupthink has made it dangerous for right-wing professors to voice their opinions Rather than critique his policies, many left-wing academics can only insult Trump's character ‘How are you, Phil?’ asked a colleague on the morning of November 6, as I made my way into work at the English department of my university in Tokyo. I...

Jan 8, 2025 | spectator.com.au | Philip Patrick

In extraordinary scenes more reminiscent of a South American coup than a supposedly stable first world democracy, fights broke out between protestors supporting and opposing South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol, outside his presidential compound in an upscale suburb of Seoul. They were there to demand or resist Yoon’s arrest for his declaration of martial law last month.