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Security
Shifting costs to allies won’t ‘restore’ U.S. maritime dominance

The longstanding maxim that “whoever controls the sea controls the world” reflects the central role of maritime power in ensuring

Research Fellow

Rintaro Inoue

Security
U.S. Naval Strategy and Implications for Japan’s Defense

This article originally appeared in the Japanese journal "Foresight".

Research Fellow

Rintaro Inoue

Security
Japan’s space systems face growing cybersecurity threats

In November, less than a month after taking office, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi established the Japan Growth Strategy Headquarte

Research Fellow

Kota Umeda

Security
How should Japan respond to China’s nuclear threat?

Concerns over a potential Taiwan contingency have steadily intensified since 2021, the year former U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Comma

Senior Research Fellow

Hirohito Ogi

Diplomacy
Views from Tokyo: Geoeconomic Implications of Iran War

Insights into President Trump’s Recent Remarks / Israel’s Ambition and the Resilience of the Iranian Regime / What the Geographica

Director & Group Head, Economic Security

Kazuto Suzuki

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

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

By Yuki Goto, Visiting Research Fellow Approximately one month has passed since the United States and Israel launched military op

Visiting Research Fellow

Yuki Goto

Security
Redesigning U.S.-Japan security in a ‘two-peer’ nuclear era

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

Group Head, International Security Order / Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Kuniharu Kakihara

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
Japan’s Post-Election Economic Security Agenda

  Geoeconomic Agenda is a new Pacific-centric, globally-minded podcast that investigates the connections between economics

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

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