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
Navigating Uncertainty in U.S. Space Policy: Decoding Elon Musk’s Influence

When President Trump declared in his second inauguration speech that "launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes

Senior Research Fellow

Kota Umeda

Politics and Economics
Will China succeed in remaking Hong Kong in its own image?

Toru Kurata, Professor, Rikkyo University Over the past five years, Hong Kong has seen its autonomy, freedom and democracy eroded

Economic Security
Identifying choke points in the semiconductor supply chain

The COVID-19 pandemic brought shortages of masks, medical supplies, automotive semiconductors and IC chips for contactless cards,

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Eiki Tagami

Economic Security
After tariffs: Is there a plan to restructure the global economic system?

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. 7)

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Economic Security
Personnel Is (Trade) Policy

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. 6)

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Politics and Economics
Resilient Yet Vulnerable: India’s Economy, Markets, and Global Positioning (INDIA ROUNDUP, March 2025)

Summary The Indian economy is facing slowdown concerns and severe market fluctuations, amid shifting investor priorities. For n

Visiting Research Fellow

Manish Sharma

Diplomacy
Japan and Trump 2.0 – What Happens Next?

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

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Economic Security
Why Trump might want a short-term economic downturn

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. 5)

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Emerging Technology
Japan is no island when it comes to semiconductors. Rightly so.

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Emerging Technology
In chip renaissance, Japan is learning from past mistakes

Director & Group Head, Economic Security

Kazuto Suzuki

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