Research ActivitiesIOG Commentary
IOG researchers provide timely analysis, commentary, and recommendations on current international affairs and Japanese policies.
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
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
Security
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
Ranking
Geoeconomic Connectivity Index - user guide2026.04.23
Between the WTO and Decoupling: US-China Managed Interdependence2026.05.22- Japan-India Cooperation Takes Off2026.05.12
- A Looming Crisis in U.S. Science and Technology: The Case of NASA’s Science Budget2025.10.08
- Geoeconomic Connectivity Index2026.04.23
Other Research
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