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Connecting Europe and the Indo-Pacific: Why Japan and Germany Need Stronger Space Security Cooperation

Just three days after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, then-Chancellor Olaf Scholz proclaimed a Zeitenwen

Senior Research Fellow

Kota Umeda

Security
Can Japan build a defense-startup ecosystem?

Until recently, it was difficult to imagine Japanese startups entering the defense sector. But a changing security environment and

Group Head, Emerging Technologies

Makoto Shiono

Security
Iran: A ‘War of Choice’ No Longer Worth the Cost

Only days after the Feb. 28 surprise attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran, insurance premiums for commercial tankers tr

Group Head, International Security Order / Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Kuniharu Kakihara

Security
Why the Strait of Hormuz Is a Warning for Japan

Following U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran in February, Tehran responded by imposing a de facto blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. The

Visiting Research Fellow

Yuki Goto

Security
What Ukraine and Iran Teach Us About Deterrence

Iran has launched large numbers of one-way attack drones costing only thousands of dollars each into the Persian Gulf, complicatin

Senior Research Fellow

Hirohito Ogi

Diplomacy
USMCA Renewal Is a Pothole, Not a Cliff – Right?

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 5 No. 14)

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Security
Can Germany become a reliable pillar of European security?

We are approaching 18 months since the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump. From contentious tariff negotiations and remar

Research Assistant

Kikyo Taguchi

Diplomacy
Weaponized Interdependence in the Trump Era

Paul Nadeau Visiting Research Fellow at IOG Abraham Newman Professor of Government and the School of Foreign Service at Georget

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Security
Sustained Denial and Strategic Depth: Policy Recommendations for Japan’s Next Strategic Documents

As China continues to expand its military and uncertainty grows over U.S. alliance commitments, what kind of defense strategy shou

Group Head, International Security Order / Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Kuniharu Kakihara

Security
As shared values shift, what’s next for U.S.-Japan relations?

The U.S.-Japan alliance has never been only a military arrangement. During the Cold War, Japan and the United States saw themselve

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Yoshiyuki Kato

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