Experts Hirohito Ogi
Senior Research Fellow
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Hirohito Ogi is a senior research fellow at the Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG) studying military strategy and Japan’s defense policy. Before joining the IOG, Mr. Ogi had been a career government official at the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) for 16 years. From 2021 to 2022, he served as the Principal Deputy Director for the Strategic Intelligence Analysis Office, the Defense Intelligence Division at the MOD, where he led the MOD’s defense intelligence. From 2019 to 2021, he served as a Deputy Director of the Defense Planning and Programming Division at the MOD. He holds a Master’s degree in international affairs from the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University, and a Bachelor’s degree in arts and sciences from the University of Tokyo. He is the author of various publications including Comparative Study of Defense Industries: Autonomy, Priority, and Sustainability (co-authored, Institute of Geoeconomics, 2023).
Expertise
Defense and national security / Strategic studies / Defense industrial policy
Project in Charge
Publications
Books and reports
Journal articles
Commentaries
- “Navigo ergo sum. Tōkyō si prepara alla guerra nel mare,” Limes “I signori degli oceani,” November 2024.
- “Enhancing the Shield and the Spear: Understanding Recent Developments in the Japan-US Alliance,” Asia-Pacific Leadership Network, August 2024.
- “Lessons from Ukraine and Gaza on humanitarian law,” The Japan Times (September 26, 2024).
- “Japan-U.S.-South Korea Trilateral Cooperation in Response to the Russia-North Korea Partnership,” IOG Commentary, no.1 (July 4, 2024).
- “Enhancing undersea deterrence capabilities with JAUKUS collaboration”, East Asia Forum (May 11, 2024).
- “The Opportunity and Duty for Japan’s Defense Exports Amid the Demand-Pulled International Defense Economy” (Institute of Geoeconomics, March 25, 2024).
- “Remaining Challenges for Operationalizing Japan’s Information Security Legislation” (Institute of Geoeconomics, February 19, 2024).
- “How East Asia should prepare for a possible Trump comeback,” The Japan Times (January 31, 2024).
- “Evolving Japan-US command and control cooperation for forward denial” (United States Studies Centre, Sydney University, November 20, 2023).
- “How Japan can make the most of its latest diplomatic tool”, The Japan Times (August 27, 2023).
- “Russia’s nuclear blackmail must be met with denial”,The Japan Times (May 22, 2023).
- “How Can We Make the Argument on Tax Increase for Strengthening Defense Capabilities Persuasive? “, IOG Commentary (December 26, 2022).
- “The Strategic Shift from Territorial Defense to In-Depth Interdiction and the Unfinished Work of Transforming the Self-Defense Forces”, IOG Commentary (December 23, 2022).
- “In dealing with Beijing, Tokyo must adopt a strong security front”, The Japan Times (December 20, 2022).
- “Impact of the war in Ukraine sees Japan at the mercy of bigger players”, The Japan Times (November 24, 2022).
- “The Japanese Views on Legal Issues Related to Security”, Japanese Yearbook on International Law 59 (2016) (with Tomohiro Mikanagi).
Lectures and Events
Events
- “Allied and Aligned? The Future of Alliances in the Indo-Pacific after the US Elections” (Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri), November 14, 2024).
- “Tutti gli oceani portano a Roma – Mar Rosso – Indo-Pacifico” (Limes, November 9, 2024).
- “Track 1.5 Japan-Germany Security Dialogue” (The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, the Japan Institute of International Affairs, the German Federal Foreign Office, the Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB), and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), November 1, 2024).
- “Geopolitical Outlook 2025: End of Co-existence?” (World Knowledge Forum, September 10, 2024).
- “What’s After ‘Japanuary’?: A Forward-Looking Agenda for the U.S.-Japan Alliance” (National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP), March 2023).
Research
Security
Lessons from Ukraine and Gaza on humanitarian law
Civilian casualties caused by Russia's missil…
Senior Research Fellow
Hirohito Ogi
Russia’s nuclear blackmail must be met with denial
Among a broad range of impacts on the interna…
Senior Research Fellow
Hirohito Ogi
Security
Japan-U.S.-South Korea Trilateral Cooperation in Response to the Russia-North Korea Partnership
Senior Research Fellow
Hirohito Ogi
Security
The Opportunity and Duty for Japan’s Defense Exports Amid the Demand-Pulled International Defense Economy
The Economic Security Promotion Act enacted i…
Senior Research Fellow
Hirohito Ogi
Economic Security
Remaining Challenges for Operationalizing Japan’s Information Security Legislation
Japanese government submitted a bill on estab…
Senior Research Fellow
Hirohito Ogi
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