Geoeconomic Briefing

Research Activities
Geoeconomic Briefing

Geoeconomic Briefing is a series featuring researchers at the IOG focused on Japan’s challenges in that field. It will also provide analyses of the state of the world and trade risks as well as technological and industrial structures. (Editor-in-chief: Dr. SUZUKI Kazuto, Director, Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG); Professor, The University of Tokyo)
Diplomacy
‘Offensive’ and ‘defensive’ diplomacy: Managing ties with China

A year has passed since Chinese President Xi Jinping began his norm-breaking third term as Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Secretary

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Hotaka Machida

Diplomacy
Germany’s China strategy is epoch-making but ambiguous

【Author】Takumi Itabashi Professor, the Graduate Schools for Law and Politics at the University of Tokyo   European Com

Economic Security
How electric vehicles became subject to EU economic security

Among Japan, the United States and Europe, the nations that are particularly enthusiastic about promoting electric vehicles are th

Senior Research Fellow

Hitoshi Suzuki

Economic Security
How can the EU strengthen its strategic autonomy regarding chips?

Discussions on strategic autonomy have become more active in the European Union in recent times. Strategic autonomy was origina

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Satoshi Yamada

Economic Security
European Union being shaken by geoeconomic changes

Discussions on economic security began in earnest in Japan and the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the momentum wa

Director & Group Head, Economic Security

Kazuto Suzuki

China
China looks to science and technology in its push for more power

【Author】TSUCHIYA Takahiro Associate professor, Kyoto University of Advanced Science This article was posted to the Japan Times

Emerging Technology
How emerging technologies can bring power to states

So-called emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum information science (QIS) have recently become a

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Kousuke Saito

Emerging Technology
Satellite constellations taking on greater role in Japan’s security

The Russia-Ukraine war, which started in February 2022, is sometimes described as an all-out war in the digital era, having a mix

Research Fellow

Kota Umeda

Emerging Technology
Will generative AI hold power in international relations?

Science and technology have traditionally been regarded as among the elements that constitute national power, and states often exp

Group Head, Emerging Technologies

Makoto Shiono

Economic Security
Japan has plenty to offer in the field of detecting threats

If Russia were to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, would there be any health issues for Russian soldiers on the ground? When I p

Senior Research Fellow

Yoshiyuki Sagara

Editor-in-chief

Kazuto Suzuki

Director & Group Head, Economic Security,

Kazuto Suzuki is Professor of Science and Technology Policy at the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the Department of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, and received his Ph.D. from Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex, England. He has worked for the Fondation pour la recherche stratégique in Paris, France as an assistant researcher, as an Associate Professor at the University of Tsukuba from 2000 to 2008, and served as Professor of International Politics at Hokkaido University until 2020. He also spent one year at the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University from 2012 to 2013 as a visiting researcher. He served as an expert in the Panel of Experts for Iranian Sanction Committee under the United Nations Security Council from 2013 to July 2015. He has been the President of the Japan Association of International Security and Trade. [Concurrent Position] Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo

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