Experts Rintaro Inoue
Research Associate
Profile
Rintaro Inoue is a Research Associate at the Asia Pacific Initiative (API) & the Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG), the International House of Japan (IHJ), a Tokyo-based global think-tank, where he focuses on U.S. security policy, the U.S.-Australia alliance, Japanese defense policy, and economic statecraft including defense industrial base policy.
Prior to assuming his current position, he joined the Asia Pacific Initiative (API) as an intern and contributed to multiple projects including the Japan-U.S. Military Statesmen Forum (MSF). He is currently researching defense industrial policies of other countries in the International Security Order Group.
He received his BA and MA in law from Keio University and is now a PhD student.
Prior to assuming his current position, he joined the Asia Pacific Initiative (API) as an intern and contributed to multiple projects including the Japan-U.S. Military Statesmen Forum (MSF). He is currently researching defense industrial policies of other countries in the International Security Order Group.
He received his BA and MA in law from Keio University and is now a PhD student.
Expertise
U.S. security policy / U.S.-Australia alliance / Japanese defense policy / economic statecraft including defense industrial base policy
Publications
- “Japan and Australia can fill each other’s defence gaps,” The Strategist, ASPI, March 19, 2025.
- “Will Japan Have the Political Resolve to Use Counterstrike?” The Washington Quarterly, Volume 47 Issue 4 (2024). pp. 45-61.
- “On Distributed Maritime Operations: New Fleet Tactics of the U.S. Navy,” Ships of the World, January 2025 Special Issue, pp. 129-137. (Japanese)
- “Unmanned Naval Assets of the World: Australia,” Ships of the World, January 2025, pp. 150-153. (Japanese)
- Why the security of Asia and Europe are inseparable,” The Japan Times, October 29, 2024.
- “Unmanned Naval Assets of the World: Australia,” Ships of the World, October 2024, pp. 96-97. (Japanese)
- ” Unmanned Naval Assets of the World: U.S.A,” Ships of the World, October 2024, pp. 78-81. (Japanese)
- “Australia’s first National Defense Strategy,” Ships of the World, August 2024, pp. 157-163. (Japanese)
- “New Threats to Forward-Deployed U.S. Aircraft Carrier,” Ships of the World, June 2024, pp. 110-113. (Japanese)
- “U.S. Navy’s Large Surface Combatant,” Ships of the World, April 2024, pp. 78-81. (Japanese)
Lectures and Events
- “Opportunities and Constraints in Expanding NATO-IP4 Cooperation,” PONI 2025 Virtual Winter Conference, CSIS, February 11, 2025
- JF-USSC Japan-Australia Dialogue and Exchange for Next Generation 2024
- Next Generation of U.S.-Japan Nuclear Policy Experts 2024
- “Unveiling Japan’s Political Resolve to Strike Mainland China: Redlines and Delaying Factors,” Japan Association for International Security, 17th Seminar, July 13, 2024. (Japanese)
- “Japan’s Counterstrike Capabilities and its Limitations,” Roundtable discussion on Australia-Japan Defence Relations, UWA Defence & Security Institute, August 7, 2024.
Research

Diplomacy
Trump: The Art of the Deal (Deciphering Trump Administration)
Trump: The Art of the Deal / “Think Big”/ “Pr…

Visiting Research Fellow
Andrew Capistrano

Security
Why deploying U.S. Army in the Middle East can strengthen deterrence in the Western Pacific
Under the first Trump administration and the …

Research Associate
Rintaro Inoue

Diplomacy
⑦ “Mar A Lago” accord (Deciphering Trump Administration)
①Deciphering Trump Administration: Is Trump i…

Visiting Research Fellow
Andrew Capistrano

Diplomacy
⑥China China China (Deciphering Trump Administration)
①Deciphering Trump Administration: Is Trump i…

Visiting Research Fellow
Andrew Capistrano

Diplomacy
⑤What is the geoeconomic rationale (Deciphering Trump Administration)
①Deciphering Trump Administration: Is Trump i…

Visiting Research Fellow
Andrew Capistrano