ResearchResearch Activities

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

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

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

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. 18)

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Across Europe, right-wing leaders are borrowing from Donald Trump’s playbook, with slogans like “Poland First,” “Make Romania Grea

Research Fellow

Yusuke Ishikawa

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. 17)

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Recent developments in Indo-US relations, marked by public threats of steep unilateral tariffs, have introduced a rare geopolitica

Visiting Research Fellow

Manish Sharma

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

Senior 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