Research ActivitiesIOG Commentary
IOG researchers provide timely analysis, commentary, and recommendations on current international affairs and Japanese policies.
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
Asia Pacific
Exporting Frigates to Australia (Part II: Three Risks in Defense Equipment Transfers)
Exporting large, complex defense equipment is…
Research Fellow
Rintaro Inoue
Security
Exporting Frigates to Australia (Part I: Why Japan Won the Bid)
Will the only way to distinguish between Aust…
Research Fellow
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
