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.
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

Economic Security
What Comes Next after the Supreme Court Rules on IEEPA?

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. …

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

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