Americas

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Americas
US-China Summit 2026: Decoding the Stakes for Japan

Reflecting on Geoeconomic Summit 2026 / Two Leaders and 17 American CEOs / Outcomes of the US-China Summit / How Americans View Ch

Director & Group Head, Economic Security

Kazuto Suzuki

Americas
Digital Currencies and Monetary Hegemony, Part III of III: Dollar Hegemony and Digital Currencies

Part I of this series examined the history of the weaponization of finance and currency, as well as the argument that reserve curr

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Shin Oya

Americas
Between the WTO and Decoupling: US-China Managed Interdependence

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 5 No. 09)

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Americas
Digital Currencies and Monetary Hegemony Part II of III: The Rise and Diffusion of Digital Currencies

Part I reviewed the history of the weaponization of finance and currency. It also explained the advantages of reserve currency sta

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Shin Oya

Americas
Digital Currencies and Monetary Hegemony, Part I of III: Financial Weaponization and the Burden of Reserve Currency Status

The rise and diffusion of digital currencies are expected to transform global finance by diversifying payment systems and enabling

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Shin Oya

Americas
Canada’s China recalibration: Rapprochement or risk-hedging?

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney drew global attention at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he argu

Senior Research Fellow

Kenichi Doi

Americas
Shifting costs to allies won’t ‘restore’ U.S. maritime dominance

The longstanding maxim that “whoever controls the sea controls the world” reflects the central role of maritime power in ensuring

Research Fellow

Rintaro Inoue

Japan
U.S. Naval Strategy and Implications for Japan’s Defense

This article originally appeared in the Japanese journal "Foresight".

Research Fellow

Rintaro Inoue

Americas
Will the “UK-China Golden Era” Return?

On January 31, 2026, during his visit to Japan, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer held a summit with Prime Minister Sanae Takaic

Group Head, Europe & Americas

Yuichi Hosoya

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

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 5 No. 08)

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

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