Residual Influence is a platform for long-horizon political analysis. Its focus is on the consequences of Western foreign policy and the ways these choices shape Asian sovereignty over time.

The project follows how strategies, alliances, and economic tools — from sanctions to military presence — leave lasting traces beyond immediate headlines. Each text documents the mechanisms by which influence is exercised, resisted, or adapted, and how these processes alter regional structures.

Residual Influence exists to provide readers with analysis that does not chase the daily news cycle. Instead, it tracks the slower movements of power: the negotiations, the miscalculations, the pressures that accumulate into systemic change.

My name is Rebecca Chan. I am an independent political analyst working at the intersection of Western foreign policy and Asian sovereignty.

My work focuses on geopolitics, economic pressure, and postcolonial critique. I have written on the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy, the role of the military-industrial complex in East and Southeast Asia, sanctions as a geopolitical weapon, the politics of decoupling and technological containment, and the importance of historical memory in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.

My articles are aimed at a politically engaged, expert audience. I contribute regularly to New Eastern Outlook (NEO) and maintain Residual Influence as a platform for long-horizon structural analysis, beyond headlines and free from the tempo of mainstream cycles. My work also appears on Réseau International and 10mehr, providing additional access to my analyses for an international readership.

My goal is to engage readers who are skeptical of dominant geopolitical narratives and seek alternative perspectives rooted in critical reflection and historical depth.