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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.
Politics and Economics
A Dangerous Confluence: The Intertwined Crises of Disinformation and Democracies (Executive Summary)

In 2024, dubbed ‘the election year’, there is…

Research Fellow

Yusuke Ishikawa

Politics and Economics
A Dangerous Confluence: Introduction

With 2024 being dubbed as ‘the year of electi…

Research Fellow

Yusuke Ishikawa

Politics and Economics
Chapter 1 Hungary: Media Control and Disinformation

This chapter provides a comprehensive analysi…

Research Fellow

Yusuke Ishikawa

Politics and Economics
Chapter 2 Disinformation in the United States: When Distrust Trumps Facts

The challenge posed by disinformation in the …

Research Associate

Marina Fujita Dickson

Politics and Economics
Chapter 3 The Engagement Trap and Disinformation in the United Kingdom

[Author: Dr Sara Kaizuka FHEA(Part-time Lectu…

Politics and Economics
Final Chapter: Disinformation in Japan and how to deal with it

This report identified three intertwined fact…

Research Fellow

Yusuke Ishikawa

Economic Security
IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 3 No. 23)

Trump Returns to White House  / South Korea P…

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Security
Both U.S. presidential candidates’ security strategies raise concerns

Faced with two wars, one in Europe and the ot…

Economic Security
The prospects for economic security under Trump or Harris

This American presidential election has been …

Director & Group Head, Economic Security

Kazuto Suzuki

Diplomacy
The U.S. is unprepared for a multipolar world

The worldview shaped by the “unipolar moment”…

Managing Director (Representative Director), International House of Japan

Ken Jimbo

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