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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
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

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

Diplomacy
U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Block IEEPA Tariffs

Supreme Court Invalidation of IEEPA Tariffs/ The System of Checks and Balances / What Happens Next: Refunds and Section 122 Tariff

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Diplomacy
U.S. LNG and Japan’s Sea Lanes: Towards Diversification and Stabilization of the Maritime Transportation Routes

By Yuki Goto, Visiting Research Fellow The second Trump administration has been promoting the export of U.S. energy resources, un

Diplomacy
Dependence and Diversification: Canada’s Middle-Power Strategy

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

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Diplomacy
Attack on Iran: What Comes Next for the Gulf & The Oil Crisis?

Geoeconomic Insight 3/1/2026

Director & Group Head, Economic Security

Kazuto Suzuki

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