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IOG Commentary

IOG researchers provide timely analysis, commentary, and recommendations on current international affairs and Japanese policies.

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

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

Japan-U.S.-South Korea Trilateral Cooperation in Response to the Russia-North Korea Partnership

Senior Research Fellow

Hirohito Ogi

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

The Strategic Shift from Territorial Defense to In-Depth Interdiction and the Unfinished Work of Transforming the Self-Defense Forces: Key Takeaways on Japanese Three Strategic Documents

On December 16, 2022, the Japanese government…

Senior Research Fellow

Hirohito Ogi

Significance and Challenges of Possessing the Counterstrike Capability

【Author】Oue Sadamasa Consulting Senior Fellow

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