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
Semiconductor chokepoints define U.S.-China rivalry

U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent trip to Beijing offers a timely moment to assess the upheaval in U.S. trade relations since t

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Eiki Tagami

Economic Security
Digital Currencies and Monetary Hegemony, Part I of III: Financial Weaponization and the Burden of Reserve Currency Status

The rise and diffusion of digital currencies are expected to transform global finance by diversifying payment systems and enabling

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Shin Oya

Economic Security
Japan-India Cooperation Takes Off

The 15th India-Japan Annual Summit in August 2025 produced an unusually ambitious set of bilateral frameworks: the Economic Securi

Visiting Research Fellow

Manish Sharma

Diplomacy
Canada’s China recalibration: Rapprochement or risk-hedging?

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney drew global attention at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he argu

Senior Research Fellow

Kenichi Doi

Security
Shifting costs to allies won’t ‘restore’ U.S. maritime dominance

The longstanding maxim that “whoever controls the sea controls the world” reflects the central role of maritime power in ensuring

Research Fellow

Rintaro Inoue

Security
U.S. Naval Strategy and Implications for Japan’s Defense

This article originally appeared in the Japanese journal "Foresight".

Research Fellow

Rintaro Inoue

Security
Japan’s space systems face growing cybersecurity threats

In November, less than a month after taking office, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi established the Japan Growth Strategy Headquarte

Research Fellow

Kota Umeda

Economic Security
Geoeconomic Connectivity Index – user guide

The Geoeconomic Connectivity Index measures the extent to which a country is economically linked and integrated into global market

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Economic Security
Geoeconomic Connectivity Index

The Geoeconomic Connectivity Index measures the extent to which a country is economically linked and integrated into global market

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Diplomacy
Trump Is Rebuilding His Tariff Wall – Will the Courts Knock Down this One As Well?

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 5 No. 08)

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

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