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We are approaching 18 months since the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump. From contentious tariff negotiations and remar

Research Assistant

Kikyo Taguchi

As China continues to expand its military and uncertainty grows over U.S. alliance commitments, what kind of defense strategy shou

Group Head, International Security Order / Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Kuniharu Kakihara

The U.S.-Japan alliance has never been only a military arrangement. During the Cold War, Japan and the United States saw themselve

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Yoshiyuki Kato

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 5 No. 13)

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

As the Japanese government prepares to revise its three national security documents later this year, the debate over its defense s

Research Fellow

Rintaro Inoue

What Were the Key Takeaways from Prime Minister Takaichi's Visit to India? / The Strategic Synergy Between PM Takaichi and PM Modi

Visiting Research Fellow

Manish Sharma

The most consequential development over the past month was Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's first official visit to India,

Visiting Research Fellow

Manish Sharma

In a promotional video for his book “Defending Taiwan,” Eyck Freymann argues that China is using Japan as a testing ground for new

Senior Research Fellow

Hitoshi Suzuki

[Podcast] #36 Taiwan, Chips, and the Next Economic Shock Paul Nadeau Visiting Research Fellow Eyck Freymann Visiting Researc

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

This article was originally published (in Japanese) in the May 2026 issue of Overseas Investment and Finance (Kaigai Toyushi). htt

Senior Research Fellow

Kenichi Doi