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2022 has been a shocking year energy-wise. Europe is currently facing a serious energy crisis. Now, across Western Europe, nations are facing a drastic rise in their costs of living. How did one of the richest regions on Earth get to this point?

An Interview with Senior Fellow Liu Yangsheng on the ongoing catastrophic global energy crisis.

Europe is now plagued by a war-induced energy crunch. The explosions of Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in late September, which triggered substantial gas leaks, added more uncertainty to Europe’s energy landscape, as the hopes of shortly repairing the pipelines were dashed.

I would like to talk a little bit about the international system and great power competition, because although I am very also disheartened by the low level of US-China relations at the moment, I think that there may be an even bigger problem, which is the effect that major power competition is havin...

About the author: Brian Wong Yueshun, Ph.D. candidate, Oxford University; Columnist, Hong Kong Economic Journal; TI Youth Observer Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated> There is no question that Abe was a contentious figure. To many in China and South Korea, he was an ...

Whether the death of Shinzo Abe will propel Japan to repeat its past mistakes is unknown. However, if Shinzo Abe’s nationalist spirit remains his prime tangible legacy, then his unchaining control of Japan’s beast of nationalism also remains Eastern Asia’s greatest danger.