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As Japan’s security environment deteriorates, demand and expectations for its defense industry are rising sharply. This surge repr

Senior Research Fellow
Hirohito Ogi

Author: Maiko Ichihara, Professor, Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University Populism is threatening democracy around the

An overwhelming number of Japanese companies cite the Trump administration’s policies and economic trends in the United States amo

Senior Research Fellow
Hitoshi Suzuki

Under the first Trump administration and the Biden administration, U.S. military strategy sought to reduce engagement in the Middl

Research Fellow
Rintaro Inoue

Host: Paul Nadeau, Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG) Guest: Narges Bajoghli Assistant Professor of M

Visiting Research Fellow
Paul Nadeau

【Author】Masaki Mizobuchi, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University*

Today’s international security environment indicates that what political scientist Walter Russel Mead called “the return of geopol

Managing Director (Representative Director), International House of Japan
Ken Jimbo


Director & Group Head, Economic Security
Kazuto Suzuki

【Author】Takuya Matsuda Project Researcher, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo

Almost three months have passed since a conflict between the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel began, and more than 20,0

Senior Research Fellow
Yoshiyuki Sagara
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