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.
Economic Security
Sovereign AI After Fugu: From Vertical Dominance to Horizontal Resilience

On 22 June, Tokyo-based Sakana AI launched “Fugu”, a multi-agent orchestration system accessed through a single model API (applica

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Politics and Economics
Critical Minerals: Resiliency or Risks?

Geoeconomic Agenda is a new Pacific-centric, globally-minded podcast that investigates the connections between economics, geopolit

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Economic Security
European Industry and the “Second China Shock”

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 5 No. 11)

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Economic Security
Keynote & Fireside Chat: Dr. Joshua Walker & Dr. Ken Jimbo

How Optimistic Should We Be About the US? / Why America’s Strategic Shift Will Outlast Trump / Is Japan Making the Most of Its Str

Managing Director (Representative Director), International House of Japan

Ken Jimbo

Security
Seoul hits the China reset button. Or does it?

By Jiseon Shin, Research Fellow at the Sungkyun Institute of China Studies (SICS), Sungkyunkwan University South Korea’s recent d

Diplomacy
From “Separating Politics and Economics” to “Balancing Politics and Economics”: Japan-China Relations in the Age of Economic Security

Following President Trump’s visit to China, both Washington and Beijing have begun speaking—in their own respective terms—of const

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Hotaka Machida

Security
India’s China dilemma: engagement vs. dependence

In October 2019, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chinese leader Xi Jinping at Mamallapuram, a coastal town in southern Ind

Visiting Research Fellow

Manish Sharma

Economic Security
Asia and the Global Order: Navigating the New Era of Energy and Supply Chains

Petro-States vs. Electro-States / Importance of Free International Waterways / Energy Security and Global Order / China's Strategy

Economic Security
Order from Chaos: Introducing the Geoeconomic Connectivity Index

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 5 No. 10)

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Economic Security
India’s Lithography Moment and the European Tilt

May was a month in which India's strategy of widening partnerships produced some results. The signature deliverable was a lithogra

Visiting Research Fellow

Manish Sharma

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