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
Geoeconomic Connectivity Index – user guide

The Geoeconomic Connectivity Index measures t…

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Economic Security
Geoeconomic Connectivity Index

The Geoeconomic Connectivity Index measures t…

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Diplomacy
Trump Is Rebuilding His Tariff Wall – Will the Courts Knock Down this One As Well?

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 5 No. …

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Economic Security
Economic security has become central to America’s National Security Strategy

While you wouldn’t know it from the recent U.…

Director & Group Head, Economic Security

Kazuto Suzuki

Diplomacy
Donald Trump, ‘The Art of the Deal” and the ‘TACO’ myth

The drama following U.S. President Donald Tru…

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Economic Security
Local Industrial Policy in China: The Source of Geoeconomic Power and the “Indispensability of Goods”

A key concept for understanding the expansion…

Senior Research Fellow

Kenichi Doi

Diplomacy
Two Narratives on the Chinese Economy

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 5 No. …

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Politics and Economics
The 2026 Hungarian Parliamentary Elections: Opinion Polls, Seat Projections, and Potential Scenarios

With mere days remaining until the election, …

Research Fellow

Yusuke Ishikawa

Security
How should Japan respond to China’s nuclear threat?

Concerns over a potential Taiwan contingency …

Senior Research Fellow

Hirohito Ogi

Security
Takaichi is right to call for a ‘new technology-driven nation’

Late last year, the Trump administration rele…

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Kousuke Saito

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