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From “Non-Alignment” to “Multi-Alignment”: India’s Place in the Global Order

India–U.S. Trade Relations and Historical Context / Sticking Point: 20% Baseline Tariff and Market Access / Agriculture as a Polit

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Japan
Event Report: Nuclear Weapons, Eighty Years After the War and the Atomic Bombings

On August 23, the Institute of Geoeconomics hosted a dialogue featuring Dr. Hirofumi Tosaki, Associate Professor at the Center for

Japan
Exporting Frigates to Australia (Part III: Implications for Defense Equipment Transfer Policy)

The greatest implication for Japan’s defense industry arising from the Royal Australian Navy’s adoption of the new FFM is the furt

Research Fellow

Rintaro Inoue

Japan
Exporting Frigates to Australia (Part II: Three Risks in Defense Equipment Transfers)

Exporting large, complex defense equipment is never easy for any country. For Japan, the first-ever transfer of the New FFM frigat

Research Fellow

Rintaro Inoue

Japan
Exporting Frigates to Australia (Part I: Why Japan Won the Bid)

Will the only way to distinguish between Australian and Japanese frigates soon be the red kangaroo emblem painted behind the bridg

Research Fellow

Rintaro Inoue

Japan
Beyond a Zero-Sum Approach to U.S.-Japan Defense Burden Sharing

The Trump administration’s policy of pressing U.S. allies to shoulder more of the defense burden has fueled fears of “abandonment”

Senior Research Fellow

Hirohito Ogi

Japan
Japan’s Space Domain Defense Guidelines: Background, Key Features, and Policy Implications

On July 28, 2025, Japan's Ministry of Defense announced the "Space Domain Defense Guidelines" (hereinafter referred to as "the Gui

Senior Research Fellow

Kota Umeda

Japan
US Trade Agreements: Japan, the EU, and Global Trends

US-Japan Trade Agreement: Initial Impressions and Details / Patterns in Trump's Trade Policies and US-EU Agreement / After Japan a

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Japan
Japan’s Upper House Election: Political Fragmentation and Growing Instability

Japan's upper house (House of Councillors) election was held on July 20, with half of the seats contested. The long-governing Libe

Research Fellow

Yusuke Ishikawa

Japan
Japan’s Upper House Election and Its Impact on Diplomacy and Tariff Talks: Dr. Míreya Solis Explains

今回の参議院選挙の結果は石破現政権にとってどのような意味を持つのでしょうか。 What does the outcome of this Upper House election mean for the Ishiba administration? / この

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