Politics and Economics

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Research on Politics and Economics

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Diplomacy
Takaichi’s Strengths and the Need for ‘Strategic Signaling’

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi rocketed to a h…

Managing Director (Representative Director), International House of Japan

Ken Jimbo

Economic Security
Takaichi’s Twin Challenges: Economic Growth and Security

The administration of Prime Minister Sanae Ta…

Director & Group Head, Economic Security

Kazuto Suzuki

Economic Security
It’s Now or Never: India’s Ambitious Reform Push

2025 marked a clear inflection point in India…

Visiting Research Fellow

Manish Sharma

Diplomacy
Oil, Debt, and Dollars: The Geoeconomics of Venezuela

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 5 No. …

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Security
Dealing with the America First United States

Introduction: America First is not New / Japa…

Senior Research Fellow

Yoshiyuki Sagara

Diplomacy
Analysis: Ready for a (Tariff) Refund?

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. …

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Economic Security
China, Rare Earths and ‘Weaponized Interdependence’

In early September, just days after China mar…

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Hotaka Machida

Diplomacy
Are Firms Ready for Economic Security? Insights from Japan and the Netherlands

Introducing the Economic Security Survey / Su…

Senior Research Fellow

Hitoshi Suzuki

Diplomacy
Is China Guardian of the ‘Postwar International Order’?

Tensions in Japan-China relations have escala…

Economic Security
Japan-India Defense in a Fragmenting Indo-Pacific

At their late-August summit, former Prime Min…

Visiting Research Fellow

Tomofumi Uchino

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