Emerging Technology

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Research on Emerging Technology

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Security
Takaichi is right to call for a ‘new technology-driven nation’

Late last year, the Trump administration released the National Security Strategy 2025 (NSS 2025), a document that carries a distin

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Kousuke Saito

Security
War in the Persian Gulf means volatility in the global energy market

Last month’s U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran, and the subsequent spike in energy prices, serve as a stark reminder that a stable suppl

Program Coordination Manager

Akihiko Sasaki

Diplomacy
China’s long-range DF-27 missiles are a game changer

Long before Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi drew Beijing’s ire by stating the obvious — that a Chinese military assault on Taiwan co

Research Fellow

Rintaro Inoue

Diplomacy
Lessons for Japan from Russia’s war in Ukraine

[Author: Yuichi Yoshida, LEAP Fellow]] With a mandate after its Feb. 8 election victory, the government of Prime Minister Sanae T

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

How Is Generative AI Changing Global Competition and Cooperation? / Hiroshima AI Process / South Korean Approach to AI / EU’s Poli

Senior Research Fellow

Kota Umeda

Emerging Technology
The Geoeconomics of Generative AI Development Race: How Emerging Technologies Can Become National Power

Generative AI has been progressing at an incredible pace and has become one of the most closely watched emerging technologies. Its

Group Head, Emerging Technologies

Makoto Shiono

Diplomacy
Geoeconomic Summit Introduction

Geoeconomic Summit Introduction / EU-CPTPP Relationship and International Trade Dynamics  / Dealing With the “America First” Unite

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Emerging Technology
A Looming Crisis in U.S. Science and Technology: The Case of NASA’s Science Budget

Barely six months into the second Trump administration, more than 4,000 employees have left the National Aeronautics and Space Adm

Senior Research Fellow

Kota Umeda

Economic Security
Trump and America’s tech giants: Coexistence or collaboration?

Captured in images that immediately went viral, U.S. President Donald Trump’s second inauguration in January drew the attendance o

Group Head, Emerging Technologies

Makoto Shiono

Diplomacy
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

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