Japan’s New Prime Minister: Who Is Sanae Takaichi?

On October 21, 2025 Japan elected Sanae Takaichi as prime minister. She heralds a milestone achievement as Japan’s first female prime minister, especially given the severe underrepresentation of women in Japanese politics, with the country ranking 118 out of 148 countries in the World Economic Forum’s 2025 Gender Gap Index. However, she also signals the rise of far-right nationalism all over the world, and her election could send shockwaves throughout East Asia.

AsiaBy Andrew LayDecember 11, 2025Japan, politics, feminism, Italy, immigrants, economic policy, North Macedonia, conservatism

Is the Pink Tide the Rebirth of History?

More than three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Left-Wing leaders have once again been swept into power across Latin America. In his famous essay "The End of History" (1989) Francis Fukuyama asserted that socialism had become an obsolete ideology in international politics, however, with neoliberalism in crisis and western hegemony on the decline could the second resurgence of the "Pink Tide" prove him wrong?