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.
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

Americas
Trump 2.0 and the U.S.-South Korea Alliance

The progress made at last month’s Oval Office meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung

Diplomacy
Event Report: Nuclear Weapons, Eighty Years After the War and the Atomic Bombings

On August 23, the Institute of Geoeconomics hosted a dialogue featuring Dr. Hirofumi Tosaki, Associate Professor at the Center for

China
The Fissures Beneath China’s Positive GDP Numbers

As the U.S.-China trade conflict grinds on, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng continues to signal that Beijing is “confident” in the

Visiting Senior Fellow

Naoko Eto

Economic Security
US-China Trade and the “Great Rebalancing”

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. 19)

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Politics and Economics
‘Trump Doctrine’ A Fundamental Challenge to Allied Unity

China’s “grand” military parade earlier this month, marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II — with Russian Preside

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

The greatest implication for Japan’s defense industry arising from the Royal Australian Navy’s adoption of the new FFM is the furt

Research Fellow

Rintaro Inoue

Asia Pacific
Exporting Frigates to Australia (Part II: Three Risks in Defense Equipment Transfers)

Exporting large, complex defense equipment is never easy for any country. For Japan, the first-ever transfer of the New FFM frigat

Research Fellow

Rintaro Inoue

Security
Exporting Frigates to Australia (Part I: Why Japan Won the Bid)

Will the only way to distinguish between Australian and Japanese frigates soon be the red kangaroo emblem painted behind the bridg

Research Fellow

Rintaro Inoue

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