Global Macro Update: Shinzo Abe And The Future Of Japan

By George Friedman of Mauldin Economics

Intelligence and International Geopolitics Expert • Jul 17, 2022 at 2:03 PM EDT

An interview by Mauldin Economics in which we discuss the death of Shinzo Abe and the repercussions for Japan.

In this episode of Global Macro Update, Ed D'Agostino, publisher of Mauldin Economics, and George Friedman, founder and chairman of Geopolitical Futures, discuss the very sad news of the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last week ... and the massive geopolitical story the mainstream media is overlooking … and why Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party strongly favors eliminating Article 9 and what that means for the Pacific … and much more.

Video length 00:16:22

We also discussed:

What Abe’s legacy will be and how his economic policies will affect Japan moving forward…
How Japan will protect itself from the current volatile economic environment and what that could mean for American industry…
Why the elimination of Article 9 will herald the return of Japan to the world stage as a great power and what that means for the Pacific…
How Japan’s social stability and internal discipline will allow it to take China’s place as the Asian superpower…
Why the Japanese and American navies will likely come into conflict over the coming decades…

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