Robert Madsen

Robert Madsen is a senior fellow at the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the author of the Economist Intelligence Unit's monthly Country Reports on Japan, and an adviser to several financial institutions and public agencies.


Essays

Tokyo has by turns been seen as a promising newcomer, an evil enemy, a dedicated junior partner, a serious economic and technological threat, and now a strategic disappointment. This attitude is detrimental to Washington and Tokyo alike.

Commentary

The APEC summit was a just foreshadowing of the worldwide diplomatic and economic traffic jam to come.

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May 25, 2012