ResearchResearch Activities

IOG conducts research across five key themes: China, Europe and the United States, economic security, international security order, and emerging technologies. These activities are summarized through essays written by IOG researchers, offering in-depth analysis and insights on these critical areas.
Politics and Economics
Hungary’s Electoral System: Constructing a System Favorable to the Governing Party and Its Future Prospects

In April 2026, Hungary will hold its first general election in four years. This election is drawing attention even in Japan, as th

Research Fellow

Yusuke Ishikawa

Diplomacy
Event Report: The United Nations at a Crossroads: Challenges, Declining Authority, and Future Prospects

On October 18, the Institute of Geoeconomics hosted a dialogue featuring Professor Tetsuya Yamada of Nanzan University, joined by

Economic Security
US-China Misperceptions in the Race for Strategic Autonomy

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. 21)

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

India Roundup
Navigating Uncertainty: India’s Quiet Strategic Moves

India’s foreign-policy and economic choreography in the recent weeks has produced a string of muted albeit consequential developme

Visiting Research Fellow

Manish Sharma

Economic Security
Trump’s Tariff Policy through a Geoeconomic Perspective

On September 4, President Trump issued an executive order that brought an interim conclusion to the U.S.-Japan tariff negotiations

Director & Group Head, Economic Security

Kazuto Suzuki

Economic Security
Trump vs. Universities: Can the Innovation Ecosystem be Rebuilt?

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Kousuke Saito

Emerging Technology
A Looming Crisis in U.S. Science and Technology: The Case of NASA’s Science Budget

Barely six months into the second Trump administration, more than 4,000 employees have left the National Aeronautics and Space Adm

Research Fellow

Kota Umeda

Economic Security
Trump and America’s tech giants: Coexistence or collaboration?

Captured in images that immediately went viral, U.S. President Donald Trump’s second inauguration in January drew the attendance o

Group Head, Emerging Technologies

Makoto Shiono

Economic Security
What Comes Next after the Supreme Court Rules on IEEPA?

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. 20)

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Diplomacy
From “Non-Alignment” to “Multi-Alignment”: India’s Place in the Global Order

India–U.S. Trade Relations and Historical Context / Sticking Point: 20% Baseline Tariff and Market Access / Agriculture as a Polit

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

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