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IOG researchers provide timely analysis, commentary, and recommendations on current international affairs and Japanese policies.
Economic Security
Digital Currencies and Monetary Hegemony, Part III of III: Dollar Hegemony and Digital Currencies

Part I of this series examined the history of…

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Shin Oya
Emerging Technology
China’s Geoeconomic Power at The Auto China 2026 Show: The Pursuit — and Limits — of “Autonomy” in the AI Vehicle Age

As China’s automotive industry rapidly expand…

Senior Research Fellow

Kenichi Doi
Economic Security
Digital Currencies and Monetary Hegemony Part II of III: The Rise and Diffusion of Digital Currencies

Part I reviewed the history of the weaponizat…

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Shin Oya
Economic Security
Digital Currencies and Monetary Hegemony, Part I of III: Financial Weaponization and the Burden of Reserve Currency Status

The rise and diffusion of digital currencies …

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Shin Oya
Economic Security
Local Industrial Policy in China: The Source of Geoeconomic Power and the “Indispensability of Goods”

A key concept for understanding the expansion…

Senior Research Fellow

Kenichi Doi
Politics and Economics
The 2026 Hungarian Parliamentary Elections: Opinion Polls, Seat Projections, and Potential Scenarios

With mere days remaining until the election, …

Research Fellow

Yusuke Ishikawa
Diplomacy
The Geopolitics of Ports and Pipelines: The Case of The Strait of Hormuz -The Struggle Over Chokepoints-

By Yuki Goto, Visiting Research Fellow Appro…
Diplomacy
U.S. LNG and Japan’s Sea Lanes: Towards Diversification and Stabilization of the Maritime Transportation Routes

By Yuki Goto, Visiting Research Fellow The s…
Diplomacy
Oil, Debt, and Dollars: The Geoeconomics of Venezuela

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 5 No. …

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano
Security
Exporting Frigates to Australia (Part III: Implications for Defense Equipment Transfer Policy)

The greatest implication for Japan’s defense …

Research Fellow

Rintaro Inoue
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