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.
Emerging Technology
A ‘Sputnik’ moment in the global AI race

When Chinese AI startup DeepSeek unveiled the open-source large language model DeepSeek-R1 in January, many referred to it as the

Group Head, Emerging Technologies

Makoto Shiono

Economic Security
China’s shipyard dominance leads to geoeconomic risks

China’s unparalleled shipbuilding capacity has the U.S., Japan and its allies — both military and economic — rightly concerned abo

Senior Research Fellow

Kenichi Doi

Politics and Economics
Democracy shouldn’t be used as an ideological weapon

Author: Maiko Ichihara, Professor, Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University Populism is threatening democracy around the

Economic Security
From dollar hegemony to currency multipolarity?

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. 13)

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Diplomacy
Canada’s changing landscape: the impact of Trump tariffs and G7 Challenges

Canada and Japan's Approach to Trump Administration / Legal and Negotiation Issues of Tariff / Indo-Pacific Strategy and Canada's

Director & Group Head, Economic Security

Kazuto Suzuki

Diplomacy
Australia Navigates a New Order

Geoeconomic Agenda is a new Pacific-centric, globally-minded podcast that investigates the connections between economics, geopolit

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Economic Security
The Big Continuity in Trump’s International Economic Policy

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. 12)

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Emerging Technology
Harnessing China’s tech giants: The case of Jack Ma

Author: Takahiro Tsuchiya, Professor, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies On Feb. 17, Chinese leader Xi Jinping convened a long

Diplomacy
Trump: The Art of the Deal (Deciphering Trump Administration)

Trump: The Art of the Deal / “Think Big”/ “Protect the Downside and the Upside Will Take Care of Itself” / “Maximize Your Options

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Economic Security
The Courts Rule Trump’s April 2 Tariffs Illegal – What Happens Next?

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

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