The Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG) / Research

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

Why the EU economy faces hard choices between Trump and China

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. …

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Can China Become a Defender of Free Trade?

Since the inauguration of the second Trump ad…

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Hotaka Machida

Politics and Economics

DOGE Shock and Crisis in U.S. Credibility

In 2010, a charming dog from Japan circulated…

Senior Research Fellow

Yoshiyuki Sagara

Economic Security

India’s Strategic Autonomy in a Trumpian World

In a bombshell revelation, India’s top defens…

Visiting Research Fellow

Manish Sharma

Economic Security

Japan needs to take the quantum-technology leap

[Author: Wakana Asano, API Takano Fellow] …

Air superiority vs. air denial: Redefining U.S. airpower strategy

[Author: Sadamasa Oue , consulting senior fel…

Economic Security

The Lessons of the Nippon Steel Saga

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. …

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Economic Security

Unchecked and unbalanced: The future of U.S. economic policymaking

U.S. President Donald Trump is fanning the fl…

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Emerging Technology

A ‘Sputnik’ moment in the global AI race

When Chinese AI startup DeepSeek unveiled the…

Group Head, Emerging Technologies

Makoto Shiono

Economic Security

China’s shipyard dominance leads to geoeconomic risks

China’s unparalleled shipbuilding capacity ha…

Senior Research Fellow

Kenichi Doi

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The Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG) / Research