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.
Security
How to stop the dominoes of war from falling in East Asia

【Author】Sadamasa Oue Consulting Senior Fellow & Group Head, International Security Order, Institute of Geoeconomics Lieutenan

Security
Ukraine war has brought new challenges for international security

【Author】Goro Matsumura Former Commanding General of the Ground Self-Defense Force’s Northeastern Army   A full-scale mi

Economic Security
IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 3 No. 5)

WTO Summit Concludes / Nippon Steel Begins Formal Negotiations with Steelworkers’ Union / U.S. Hits Russia with New Sanctions Foll

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Security
How the Israel-Hamas war is changing the international security order

【Author】Masaki Mizobuchi, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University*  

Security
How should Japan deal with Ukraine, Gaza and the Indo-Pacific region?

Today’s international security environment indicates that what political scientist Walter Russel Mead called “the return of geopol

Managing Director (Representative Director), International House of Japan

Ken Jimbo

Economic Security
Remaining Challenges for Operationalizing Japan’s Information Security Legislation

Japanese government submitted a bill on establishing the new security clearance legislation for protecting sensitive information r

Senior Research Fellow

Hirohito Ogi

Economic Security
IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 3 No. 4)

Building Up to the WTO Ministerial / Court Blocks Florida Law Preventing Chinese Citizens from Land Purchases / China Committee Ch

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Economic Security
The U.S.-Japan gap: a challenge in economicsecurity cooperation

In recent years, Japan has been the world’s forerunner in the field of economic security, setting up an economic division within t

Visiting Research Fellow

Mariko Togashi

Security
The Tyranny of Geography: Okinawa in the era of great power competition

Since Okinawa’s handover back to Japan in 1972, the prefecture has played an indispensable role in Japan’s national security. The

Research Associate

Marina Fujita Dickson

Economic Security
Why Japanese companies need to prepare for Trump 2.0

On Jan. 12, as the new year got underway, TV Tokyo conducted an interview with leaders of major Japanese companies regarding 2024'

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Satoshi Yamada

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