Walter Brenno Colnaghi

Mar 26, 2024 | internationalaffairs.org.au | Walter Brenno Colnaghi |Darren Lim |Anthea Roberts

Competition to set global standards in AI is heating up. Can the EU’s new AI Act follow the GDPR in influencing behaviour far beyond its borders? Technology is arguably the central terrain of geopolitical rivalry between the West and China. Technological leadership is foundational to national power, both on the battlefield and in the global economy. Governments increasingly weaponise economic and technological connectivity for their own strategic advantage.

Mar 24, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Erin Murphy |Jayant Menon |Walter Brenno Colnaghi |Liam Gammon

As last week’s virtual IPEF ministers’ meeting in Thailand reminded everyone, negotiators for the US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) face an uphill battle to fully conclude the framework and implement key agreements before the US presidential election in November to ensure its durability.

Mar 23, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Jayant Menon |Walter Brenno Colnaghi |Mei Terasawa |Yves Tiberghien

While the rise in anti-globalisation sentiment may have preceded COVID-19, the pandemic reinforced it, leading to an increase in protectionism in East Asia and around the world. Many pandemic-era barriers to labour mobility have been slow to come down and, in some countries, have not been completely reversed.

Oct 24, 2023 | asiatimes.com | Walter Brenno Colnaghi

On August 24, 2023, immediately after Japanese authorities released treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, China suspended all seafood imports from Japan. While the public’s concerns over contamination might justify the decision, China’s track record of employing plausible deniability, coupled with Japan’s compliance with international safety standards and China’s similar nuclear waste management practices, raises questions about China’s motivations.

Oct 23, 2023 | eastasiaforum.org | Walter Brenno Colnaghi |Allison Alexy |Kim Richard Nossal |Dron Parashar

23 October 2023Author: Walter Brenno Colnaghi, LSEOn 24 August 2023, immediately after Japanese authorities released treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, China suspended all seafood imports from Japan.