The Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG) / Research

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

Japan’s Science-Security Convergence Needs Guardrails

By Hiroyuki Matsumura, professor in the Faculty of Economics, Komazawa University in Tokyo Japan’s latest science and technology

Politics and Economics

India’s Multi-alignment Play

India has embarked on an unusually vivid display of multi-alignment doctrine. In the past month India has deepened an economic emb

Visiting Research Fellow

Manish Sharma

Emerging Technology

Turning Dual-Use Technology Into Defense Capability

Japan is betting heavily on dual-use technology, but finding promising technologies is the easy part. The harder challenge is turn

Senior Research Fellow

Kota Umeda

Sizing Up the New Tariff Wall

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 5 No. 16)

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Iran: A ‘War of Choice’ No Longer Worth the Cost

Only days after the Feb. 28 surprise attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran, insurance premiums for commercial tankers tr

Group Head, International Security Order / Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Kuniharu Kakihara

Why the Strait of Hormuz Is a Warning for Japan

Following U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran in February, Tehran responded by imposing a de facto blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. The

Visiting Research Fellow

Yuki Goto

Economic Security

Tariff Tracker: A Guide to Tariff Authorities and their Uses

Last updated: August 17, 2026 ・Tariff Tracker Chronological List ・Reciprocal tariff rates by country (latest updates by date)

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Economic Security

FX Statecraft: Another Explanation for the Yen Intervention

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 5 No. 15)

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Why Takaichi Can’t Be the Next Shinzo Abe

As the clearest political heir to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces a defining question: Can s

Group Head, Europe ＆ Americas

Yuichi Hosoya

Emerging Technology

Who Will Shape AI Governance? The Global South’s Growing Voice

Paul Nadeau Visiting Research Fellow at IOG Wakana Asano Research Associate, Takano Fellowship, the International Institute for

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

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