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IOG Commentary

One of the enduring lessons of Doraemon is that having a reliable friend can be helpful, but becoming overly dependent on that fri

Visiting Research Fellow

Anita Pan

Just three days after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, then-Chancellor Olaf Scholz proclaimed a Zeitenwen

Senior Research Fellow

Kota Umeda

Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a state visit to the United States from September 23 to 25, his first in 11 years. The visit cam

Senior Research Fellow

Kenichi Doi

By Aya Adachi, Associate fellow in DGAP’s Center for Geopolitics, Geoeconomics, and Technology Kikyo Taguchi, Research Assistant

Research Assistant

Kikyo Taguchi

On 22 June, Tokyo-based Sakana AI launched “Fugu”, a multi-agent orchestration system accessed through a single model API (applica

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Part I of this series examined the history of the weaponization of finance and currency, as well as the argument that reserve curr

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Shin Oya

As China’s automotive industry rapidly expands its presence in global markets, the implications extend far beyond conventional ind

Senior Research Fellow

Kenichi Doi

Part I reviewed the history of the weaponization of finance and currency. It also explained the advantages of reserve currency sta

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Shin Oya

The rise and diffusion of digital currencies are expected to transform global finance by diversifying payment systems and enabling

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Shin Oya

A key concept for understanding the expansion of China’s geoeconomic power is what could be called the “indispensability of goods.

Senior Research Fellow

Kenichi Doi