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.
Politics and Economics
DOGE Shock and Crisis in U.S. Credibility

In 2010, a charming dog from Japan circulated…

Senior Research Fellow

Yoshiyuki Sagara

Economic Security
India’s Strategic Autonomy in a Trumpian World

In a bombshell revelation, India’s top defens…

Visiting Research Fellow

Manish Sharma

Security
Air superiority vs. air denial: Redefining U.S. airpower strategy

[Author: Sadamasa Oue , consulting senior fel…

Economic Security
The Lessons of the Nippon Steel Saga

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. …

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Economic Security
Unchecked and unbalanced: The future of U.S. economic policymaking

U.S. President Donald Trump is fanning the fl…

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Emerging Technology
A ‘Sputnik’ moment in the global AI race

When Chinese AI startup DeepSeek unveiled the…

Group Head, Emerging Technologies

Makoto Shiono

Economic Security
China’s shipyard dominance leads to geoeconomic risks

China’s unparalleled shipbuilding capacity ha…

Senior Research Fellow

Kenichi Doi

Politics and Economics
Democracy shouldn’t be used as an ideological weapon

Author: Maiko Ichihara, Professor, Graduate S…

Economic Security
From dollar hegemony to currency multipolarity?

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. …

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Economic Security
The Big Continuity in Trump’s International Economic Policy

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. …

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

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