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The Trump administration’s policy of pressing U.S. allies to shoulder more of the defense burden has fueled fears of “abandonment”

Senior Research Fellow

Hirohito Ogi

On July 28, 2025, Japan's Ministry of Defense announced the "Space Domain Defense Guidelines" (hereinafter referred to as "the Gui

Research Fellow

Kota Umeda

Technology is the key to the confrontation between the United States and China, and the ability to innovate lies at the heart of t

Visiting Research Fellow

Mariko Togashi

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. 16) Updated: August 8, 2025

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Once the result of last year’s American election became clear, countries around the world started wondering how to deal with a sec

Research Assistant

Gabriele Maletta

Updated: August 7, 2025 While U.S. President Donald Trump has called himself the “Tariff Man” and has made tariffs a central tool

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

US-Japan Trade Agreement: Initial Impressions and Details / Patterns in Trump's Trade Policies and US-EU Agreement / After Japan a

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Japan's upper house (House of Councillors) election was held on July 20, with half of the seats contested. The long-governing Libe

Research Fellow

Yusuke Ishikawa

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. 15)

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Since the inauguration of the second Trump administration, there has been growing debate about the destabilization of the internat

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Hotaka Machida