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Middle East and Africa
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Japan
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
Japan
Views from Tokyo: Geoeconomic Implications of Iran War
Insights into President Trump’s Recent Remark…
Director & Group Head, Economic Security
Kazuto Suzuki
Japan
The Geopolitics of Ports and Pipelines: The Case of The Strait of Hormuz -The Struggle Over Chokepoints-
By Yuki Goto, Visiting Research Fellow Appro…
Japan
War in the Persian Gulf means volatility in the global energy market
Last month’s U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran, and…
Program Coordination Manager
Akihiko Sasaki
Americas
Is the Iran Operation Really About China?
IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 5 No. …
Visiting Research Fellow
Andrew Capistrano
Japan
U.S. LNG and Japan’s Sea Lanes: Towards Diversification and Stabilization of the Maritime Transportation Routes
By Yuki Goto, Visiting Research Fellow The s…
Japan
Attack on Iran: What Comes Next for the Gulf & The Oil Crisis?
Geoeconomic Insight 3/1/2026
Director & Group Head, Economic Security
Kazuto Suzuki
Japan
The Geoeconomics of Gen AI: Middle Power Strategies on Digital Sovereignty
How Is Generative AI Changing Global Competit…
Research Fellow
Kota Umeda
Japan
From Decline to Surge: The Defense Industry in the Era of Excess Demand (Executive Summary)
As Japan’s security environment deteriorates,…
Senior Research Fellow
Hirohito Ogi
Americas
Democracy shouldn’t be used as an ideological weapon
Author: Maiko Ichihara, Professor, Graduate S…
