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"CEAC Commentary" introduces news analyses and opinions in Japan on the Relations of Japan with the rest of the world, but they do not represent the views of CEAC as an institution.

"The Council on East Asian Community (CEAC) E-Letter" is delivered electronically once every month, free of charge, to readers in the world interested in Japanese thinking on an East Asian Community and other related international affairs by the Council on East Asian Community (CEAC), all-Japan intellectual platform for the study of an East Asian Community.

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2025

July 13 new
CEAC Commentary:
Trump Tariff 2.0 in the US–China Hegemonic Rivalry: Implications for Japan
July 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 July 2024, Vol.17, No. 4 (Issue 104)
July 8
CEAC Commentary:
The Global Economic Order and Japan-US Relations Under Trump 2.0
May 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 May 2025, Vol.18, No. 3 (Issue 109)
April 30
CEAC Commentary:
Another Danger of “Mrs. Sakie is the Only Parent Generation Left”
March 17
CEAC Commentary:
Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia’s Stances toward OECD and BRICS Membership: Foreign-Policy Tradition, Stance toward China, and Internal Politics
March 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 March 2025, Vol.18, No. 2 (Issue 108)
January 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 January 2025, Vol.18, No. 1 (Issue 107)

2024

November 13
CEAC Commentary:
Examining the China's Belt and Road Initiative with a Focus on Quality Infrastructure and Debt Sustainability
November 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 November 2024, Vol.17, No. 6 (Issue 106)
October 31
CEAC Commentary:
China’s Excessive Savings–Investment–Debt Model Finds Itself at an Impasse
September 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 September 2024, Vol.17, No. 5 (Issue 105)
September 10
CEAC Commentary:
5Business and Human Rights: How should Japan engage in dialogue with ASEAN?
July 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 July 2024, Vol.17, No. 4 (Issue 104)
July 6
CEAC Commentary:
Deflationary Concerns in Mainland China
May 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 May 2024, Vol.17, No. 3 (Issue 103)
April 25
CEAC Commentary:
China’s excess savings and the world market: Xi‘s “New quality productivity forces” of EVs and trade conflicts
April 8
The Council on East Asia Community, Japan Forum on International Relations and Indonesia CSIS Closed Seminar held
March 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 March 2024, Vol.17, No. 2 (Issue 102)
March 8
CEAC Commentary:
Election of Taiwan’s New President Lai Ching-te and New Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim and the Future of the Situation in East Asia
January 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 January 2024, Vol.17, No. 1 (Issue 101)
January 8
CEAC Commentary:
Are there signs of improvement in the relationship between Japan and South Korea?

2023

November 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 November 2023, Vol.16, No. 6 (Issue 100)
October 31
CEAC Commentary:
50 Years of Japan-ASEAN Mutual Diplomatic Support: Why Has Japan's Regionalism Been Realized Beyond Southeast Asia?
September 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 September 2023, Vol.16, No. 5 (Issue 99)
August 3
CEAC Commentary:
Current status and issues regarding Timor-Leste’s ASEAN membership
July 17
NEAT 38th Country Coordinators Meeting (CCM)
July 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 July 2023, Vol.16, No. 4 (Issue 98)
June 30
CEAC Commentary:
A Missed Opportunity for the Internationalization of the Yen and Expansion of Yuan Settlement
May 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 May 2023, Vol.16, No. 3 (Issue 97)
April 20
CEAC Commentary:
Dark Struggle between China and the Philippines over the South China Sea
March 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 March 2023, Vol.16, No. 2 (Issue 96)
January 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 January 2023, Vol.16, No. 1 (Issue 95)
January 10
CEAC Commentary:
ASEAN and the Philippines in the midst of U.S.–China Tension
January 9
CEAC Commentary:
The Cambodian People’s Party’s Affinity toward China: Trends in Cambodian Politics

2022

November 14
CEAC Commentary:
How to Overcome the Gap between Geopolitical Tension and Economic Reality
November 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 November 2022, Vol.15, No. 6 (Issue 94)
November 9
CEAC Commentary:
Singaporean foreign policy in a shifting international order
September 9
CEAC E-Letter
10 September 2022, Vol.15, No. 5 (Issue 93)
August 26
CEAC Commentary:
Is the Kishida Cabinet Serious about Constitutional Reform?
July 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 July 2022, Vol.15, No. 4 (Issue 92)
June 30
CEAC Commentary:
General Secretary Xi’s grave concerns heading toward a third term at the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
May 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 May 2022, Vol.15, No. 3 (Issue 91)
May 6
CEAC Commentary:
General Secretary Xi’s grave concerns heading toward a third term at the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
March 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 March 2022, Vol.15, No. 2 (Issue 90)
February 28
CEAC Commentary:
The absurdity of "minimum necessity"
January 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 January 2022, Vol.15, No. 1 (Issue 89)

2021

December 28
CEAC Commentary:
The potential crisis for humanity inherent in a movement toward a "controlled economy"
November 19
NEAT 34nd CCM, Memorandum No.18
November 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 November 2021, Vol.14, No. 6 (Issue 88)
October 31
CEAC Commentary:
Addressing Climate Change as an Urgent Issue
September 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 September 2021, Vol.14, No. 5 (Issue 87)
September 8
CEAC Commentary:
Where Myanmar is headed: The Coup, Resistance, and Oppression
July 9
CEAC E-Letter
10 July 2021, Vol.14, No. 4 (Issue 86)
June 30
CEAC Commentary:
Where Myanmar is headed: The Coup, Resistance, and Oppression
May 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 May 2021, Vol.14, No. 3 (Issue 85)
April 30
CEAC Commentary:
Establishing International Rules for Sustainable Finance
March 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 March 2021, Vol.14, No. 2 (Issue 84)
February 26
CEAC Commentary:
Possibility of Building a New Architecture in the Mekong Region
February 19
NEAT 32nd CCM, Memorandum No.17
January 8
CEAC E-Letter
10 January 2021, Vol.14, No. 1 (Issue 83)
January 6
NTCT 5th Country Coordinators Meeting (NFPM)
January 6
The 86th Policy Plenary Meeting "Possibility of Building a New Architecture in the Mekong Region"

2020

December 25
CEAC Commentary:
Novel Coronavirus Crisis and Democracy in Southeast Asia
December 7
NEAT 32nd Country Coordinators Meeting (CCM) in Jakarta, Indonesia (online)
December 5
The 85h Policy Plenary Meeting " COVID-19 and Democracy in Southeast Asia"
November 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 November, 2020, Vol.13, No. 6 (Issue 82)
October 30
CEAC Commentary:
The Economic Partnership in Asia after the COVID-19 Pandemic
October 5
The 84th Policy Plenary Meeting "Asian Economic Partnership in the era of Post-COVID 19 "
September 10
CEAC E-Letter
10 September 2020, Vol.13, No. 5 (Issue 81)