The Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG) / Research / Middle East and Africa

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Research on Middle East and Africa

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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

The Geopolitics of Ports and Pipelines: The Case of The Strait of Hormuz -The Struggle Over Chokepoints-

By Yuki Goto, Visiting Research Fellow Appro…

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

Is the Iran Operation Really About China?

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 5 No. …

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

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…

Attack on Iran: What Comes Next for the Gulf & The Oil Crisis?

Geoeconomic Insight 3/1/2026

Director & Group Head, Economic Security

Kazuto Suzuki

The Geoeconomics of Gen AI: Middle Power Strategies on Digital Sovereignty

How Is Generative AI Changing Global Competit…

Research Fellow

Kota Umeda

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

Democracy shouldn’t be used as an ideological weapon

Author: Maiko Ichihara, Professor, Graduate S…

Why deploying U.S. Army in the Middle East can strengthen deterrence in the Western Pacific

Under the first Trump administration and the …

Research Fellow

Rintaro Inoue

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The Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG) / Research / Middle East and Africa