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.
Security
Connecting Europe and the Indo-Pacific: Why Japan and Germany Need Stronger Space Security Cooperation

Just three days after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, then-Chancellor Olaf Scholz proclaimed a Zeitenwen

Senior Research Fellow

Kota Umeda

Diplomacy
China’s Calculus Behind the State Visit to the U.S.: Different Visions of “Stability”

Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a state visit to the United States from September 23 to 25, his first in 11 years. The visit cam

Senior Research Fellow

Kenichi Doi

Diplomacy
Trump Faces a Reckoning in the Midterms, but it Might Not Matter for Tariffs

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 5 No. 18)

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Politics and Economics
BRICS in India

In mid-September, India hosted BRICS summit in New Delhi, concurrent with intensified United States tariff pressure linked to its

Visiting Research Fellow

Manish Sharma

Security
Can Japan build a defense-startup ecosystem?

Until recently, it was difficult to imagine Japanese startups entering the defense sector. But a changing security environment and

Group Head, Emerging Technologies

Makoto Shiono

Economic Security
Economic security in health and medicine through strategic alignment

Japan wants pharmaceuticals and advanced medicine to drive its next phase of economic growth. But achieving that goal will require

Senior Research Fellow

Yoshiyuki Sagara

Politics and Economics
Inside Japan’s New Growth Strategy: The Economic Security Implications

Crisis Management and Growth Investment / Why Was the Auto Industry Omitted? / AI as a Cross-Cutting Enabler Across Sectors / Stra

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Emerging Technology
National Security and the Stakes of ‘Technology Sovereignty’

The technologies that increasingly determine national security are being developed not only by governments but by private companie

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Kousuke Saito

Politics and Economics
Beyond the Trade War: Canada’s Struggle for Economic Sovereignty

Paul Nadeau Visiting Research Fellow Vina Nadjibulla Co-Founder & CEO at Centre for Strategic Statecraft(CSS) Video is her

Economic Security
From Racing China to Pacing the AI Frontier

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 5 No. 17)

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

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