Security

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Research on Security

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Diplomacy
What Takaichi’s Snap Election Landslide Means for Japan’s Defense and Fiscal Policy

Election Results: Key Takeaways and Implications /  Coalition Dynamics: How Partner Shifts Change Policy / Impact on the National

Senior Research Fellow

Hirohito Ogi

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

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi rocketed to a high-velocity start on the diplomatic front when she took office in October......(cont

Managing Director (Representative Director), International House of Japan

Ken Jimbo

Diplomacy
Takaichi’s Twin Challenges: Economic Growth and Security

The administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has placed a “responsible yet proactive fiscal policy” at the center of its ec

Director & Group Head, Economic Security

Kazuto Suzuki

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

Research Fellow

Kota Umeda

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

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 5 No. 01)

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Security
Dealing with the America First United States

Introduction: America First is not New / Japan’s Economic Security Efforts / Three Types of Reaction towards the U.S.  / Fundament

Senior Research Fellow

Yoshiyuki Sagara

Security
China, Rare Earths and ‘Weaponized Interdependence’

In early September, just days after China marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Berlin hosted IFA 2025 — one of

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Hotaka Machida

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

Introducing the Economic Security Survey / Survey Findings and Comparison with Japan / Challenges and its Geopolitical Risks / Dif

Senior Research Fellow

Hitoshi Suzuki

Security
Defense Capabilities and Defense Industrial Cooperation in and across the Indo-Pacific

Japan’s Defense Industrial Policy / South Korea’s Defense Industrial Policy / Australia’s Defense Industrial Policy  / Europe’s Re

Senior Research Fellow

Hirohito Ogi

Security
Event Report: The Trump Tariffs and Their Impact on the Japanese Economy

On September 13, the Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG) held talks between Kumiko Pivette, Geopolitical Risk Advisory Lead at PwC Jap

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