Research ActivitiesIOG Commentary
IOG researchers provide timely analysis, commentary, and recommendations on current international affairs and Japanese policies.
Security
Exporting Frigates to Australia (Part III: Implications for Defense Equipment Transfer Policy)
The greatest implication for Japan’s defense …
Research Associate
Rintaro Inoue
Asia Pacific
Exporting Frigates to Australia (Part II: Three Risks in Defense Equipment Transfers)
Exporting large, complex defense equipment is…
Research Associate
Rintaro Inoue
Security
Exporting Frigates to Australia (Part I: Why Japan Won the Bid)
Will the only way to distinguish between Aust…
Research Associate
Rintaro Inoue
Emerging Technology
Japan’s Space Domain Defense Guidelines: Background, Key Features, and Policy Implications
On July 28, 2025, Japan's Ministry of Defense…
Research Fellow
Kota Umeda
Economic Security
The Courts Rule Trump’s April 2 Tariffs Illegal – What Happens Next?
Visiting Research Fellow
Paul Nadeau
Economic Security
Nippon Steel: The Decision Is Biden’s, but the Problem is Systemic
Visiting Research Fellow
Paul Nadeau
Diplomacy
Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) amid US-China strategic competition: The Global South’s agency in era of geoeconomics
[IOG Commentary No. 2] In September 2024, Chi…
Senior Research Fellow
Kenichi Doi
Security
Japan-U.S.-South Korea Trilateral Cooperation in Response to the Russia-North Korea Partnership
Senior Research Fellow
Hirohito Ogi
Security
How Can We Make the Argument on Tax Increase for Strengthening Defense Capabilities Persuasive?
On December 16, 2022, when the Japanese gov…
Senior Research Fellow
Hirohito Ogi
Economic Security
Japan integrated economic security into its new National Security Strategy
Senior Research Fellow
Yoshiyuki Sagara
Ranking
Tariffs, Inflation, and Growth: The US Economy in Uncharted Waters2025.08.19- From Threats to Substance: Decoding India-US Relations2025.08.18
- The Logic Behind Legally Risky Tariffs2025.09.03
- Japan’s Upper House Election: Political Fragmentation and Growing Instability2025.07.25
- The “Reciprocal” Tariffs Are Now in Effect – But for How Long?2025.08.07
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