ResearchResearch Activities

IOG conducts research across five key themes: China, Europe and the United States, economic security, international security order, and emerging technologies. These activities are summarized through essays written by IOG researchers, offering in-depth analysis and insights on these critical areas.
Japan
Can Takaichi Build on a Successful Summit?

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. …

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Emerging Technology
The Geoeconomics of Generative AI Development Race: How Emerging Technologies Can Become National Power

Generative AI has been progressing at an incr…

Group Head, Emerging Technologies

Makoto Shiono

Security
From Decline to Surge: The Defense Industry in the Era of Excess Demand (Executive Summary)

As Japan’s security environment deteriorates,…

Senior Research Fellow

Hirohito Ogi

Politics and Economics
Hungary’s Electoral System: Constructing a System Favorable to the Governing Party and Its Future Prospects

In April 2026, Hungary will hold its first ge…

Research Fellow

Yusuke Ishikawa

Economic Security
US-China Misperceptions in the Race for Strategic Autonomy

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. …

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

India Roundup
Navigating Uncertainty: India’s Quiet Strategic Moves

India’s foreign-policy and economic choreogra…

Visiting Research Fellow

Manish Sharma

Economic Security
Trump’s Tariff Policy through a Geoeconomic Perspective

On September 4, President Trump issued an exe…

Director & Group Head, Economic Security

Kazuto Suzuki

Economic Security
Trump vs. Universities: Can the Innovation Ecosystem be Rebuilt?

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Kousuke Saito

Emerging Technology
A Looming Crisis in U.S. Science and Technology: The Case of NASA’s Science Budget

Barely six months into the second Trump admin…

Research Fellow

Kota Umeda

Economic Security
Trump and America’s tech giants: Coexistence or collaboration?

Captured in images that immediately went vira…

Group Head, Emerging Technologies

Makoto Shiono

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