Bryan Tan Jia Yang 🇸🇬

Project Manager (Japan) at @KAS_Japan // prev. @CentreASEAN @iog_jp & Keio SFC'23 // US, JP, & ASEAN // remembering @tnak0214 (Usual disclaimers)

[Bryan Tan Jia Yang 🇸🇬 @bryantjaywai]

@jljzen Felt it even on the first floor in Tokyo, felt like it's been a hot while since the last one

[Bryan Tan Jia Yang 🇸🇬 @bryantjaywai]

Here we go! #zohranfornyc

[Bryan Tan Jia Yang 🇸🇬 @bryantjaywai]

@CollinSLKoh Also the death penalty in Singapore primarily aims at cutting off supply, not to punish consumption, so I think it's being a little misrepresented in this statement

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Today marks 16 years since the federal minimum wage was last raised.

Guess how much the wage would be today if it kept up with worker productivity over the years?

[Bryan Tan Jia Yang 🇸🇬 @bryantjaywai]

Absolutely how policy should be debated, instead of demonizing and antagonizing each other

Hope this form of discussion continues to take place within Singapore and hope to see more of this in other societies too

https://t.co/TYIUvIaw4x

[Bryan Tan Jia Yang 🇸🇬 @bryantjaywai]

Most recently, the thing that brought me back to my thoughts half a year ago was an article written by Paul Nadeau on The Japan Times

https://t.co/ZSRs7zbEh0

[Bryan Tan Jia Yang 🇸🇬 @bryantjaywai]

I wrote something in February that I keep getting reminded of with every turn in US-Japan relations

Not to self-promote, but I still think this, that Japan should try taking a lead in the Indo-Pacific to give smaller countries (and itself) a new choice

https://t.co/JarlHXqiRR

[神保 謙 (Ken JIMBO) @kenj0126]

現在までのトランプ政権の外交・安全保障政策の簡略まとめ。こうしてみるとワシントンから同心円に広がる大陸国家的な発想。これは授業の資料として作ったものです。

[神保 謙 (Ken JIMBO) @kenj0126]

慶應ーコロンビア大学共催会議の登壇の様子です。会議終了後には総領事公邸にてレセプションを開催して頂きました。森総領事、ジェリー・カーティス教授に続き、慣れないスピーチをした様子です。

[神保 謙 (Ken JIMBO) @kenj0126]

My Japan Times op-ed is out today: "In American academic and policy discussions, there is little debate about whether multipolarity would be desirable for the U.S. — as if envisioning the country’s position in such a world is unthinkable."
https://t.co/q0FH9MBIuA

[Bryan Tan Jia Yang 🇸🇬 @bryantjaywai]

I'm really not sure if this is a politically sound decision to make by the Biden administration right before election day...

[Megatron @Megatron_ron]

BREAKING: 🇮🇱l🇺🇸 The whole US military soon will be in the middle east ensuring the safety of Israel

US Secretary Austin ordered the deployment of additional ballistic missile defense destroyer ships, fighter squadron and tanker aircraft, and several U.S. Air Force B-52 long-range strike bombers to the region

[Bryan Tan Jia Yang 🇸🇬 @bryantjaywai]

Just attended the reception dinner at the Yangzhou State Guesthouse in China

It was an exciting experience seeing how cities like Yangzhou are also interested in engaging with ASEAN

Looking forward also to participate in the 3 Centres meeting tomorrow between the ACC, AJC & AKC

[VieN | D4 @ Inkside Sandbox @ComicsByVieN]

You know what's funnier about this is that just last week MY & ID were just bickering about batik, then some westerner came for TH all of a sudden the SEA solidarity came back. We're truly siblings 😭

[Bryan Tan Jia Yang 🇸🇬 @bryantjaywai]

Thankful to be invited to a networking session held by KAS yesterday exploring the new foreign policy direction of Japan under the Ishiba administration

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

Nancy Pelosi and her husband sold nearly $1 million of Visa, $V on July 1.

The US Department of Justice has sued Visa this week, accusing one it antitrust violations.

Should politicians' be able to trade?

[石破茂 @shigeruishiba]

選対チームの皆様と共に、総裁選挙の結果報告会をさせていただきました。
#石破茂 #総裁選

[Bryan Tan Jia Yang 🇸🇬 @bryantjaywai]

Excite

[Rush Doshi @RushDoshi]

Regulatory actions can be more powerful than tariff actions in shaping supply chains.

Likely easier to align with allies and partners too.

[John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad]

It’s not looking good. I’ve been told by a shipowner the Navy does not have a spare oiler to deploy and is scrambling to find a commercial oil tanker to refuel the Abraham Lincoln carrier group.

Updates over at gCaptain forum: https://t.co/nNG6uSYGJJ

[Bryan Tan Jia Yang 🇸🇬 @bryantjaywai]

This is actually a real shame.

And I'm not saying these US experts should not talk about China if they don't know Chinese or have never been there before, but they should at least recognize that their understanding of China is greatly lacking a core dimension.

[佐々木 れな/ SASAKI Rena @rena_in_dc]

日本の中国内政研究者が、アメリカの中国安全保障の研究者と交流したら、たぶん失神するだろうな。え？この中国語能力で？え？唐の時代には...え？共産党以前の中国を知らない？中国に行ったことがない？バタンッみたいな。