Publications

September 11, 2019 KEY POINTS Japan’s PM Abe announced a new cabinet September 11 that introduced some fresh faces but signaled no major policy shifts. Most notably, Former Foreign Minister Kono [...]

July 22, 2019 KEY POINTS Ukraine’s snap parliamentary election on July 21 saw a commanding victory from comedian-turned-President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s newly-formed Servant of the People party, [...]

June 28, 2019 KEY POINTS The June 29 summit between Presidents Trump and Xi at the G20 in Osaka will provide an opportunity for the two sides to restart the trade talks. Both Trump and Xi are [...]

June 28, 2019 KEY POINTS On June 28, 2019, the European Union (EU) and Mercosur agreed on a draft strategic association agreement, following 39 rounds and almost two decades of negotiations. The [...]

May 23, 2019 KEY POINTS Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won a decisive re-election victory in the world’s largest election. Modi’s BJP is set to win 55percent of seats in the lower [...]

May 20, 2019 KEY POINTS: Incumbent PM Scott Morrison led his Liberal-National Coalition (LNC) to a stunning victory in Australian national elections on May 18, even though the LNC trailed the [...]

May 8, 2019 KEY POINTS: Chinese chief negotiator Liu He rejoins trade talks tomorrow, leaving President Trump less than a day to evaluate whether Beijing’s concessions are enough to justify a [...]

April 23, 2019 KEY POINTS: As expected, comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy defeated incumbent Petro Poroshenko in Ukraine’s presidential election on April 21. While Zelenskiy will enter office in [...]

April 17, 2019 KEY POINTS: Following a bilateral agreement to launch trade talks last September, USTR Lighthizer and Economic Revitalization Minister Motegi met April 15-16 in Washington to [...]

April 16, 2019 KEY POINTS: On April 17, Indonesian voters will elect their seventh president and fill more than 20,000 legislative seats in both houses of parliament, provincial legislatures, and [...]