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.
Diplomacy
Japan can help Global South navigate U.S.-China clash

【Author】Hiroki Takeuchi Associate Professor of Political Science, Southern Methodist University The conflict between the United

Economic Security
IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 3 No. 11)

Outcomes from the Trilateral Summit / USTR Announces Extension of Exclusions / Closing Loopholes in USMCA / Indonesia Steps Back f

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Politics and Economics
What will it take for China to regain market confidence?

【Author】Tomoyuki Fukumoto Professor of Economics at the Osaka University of Economics   China’s growth rate of 5.3% in

Diplomacy
Expectations vs. reality of Xi Jinping’s charm offensive

After a long absence of conciliatory diplomacy especially with the West, Chinese leader Xi Jinping seems to have finally embarked

Visiting Senior Fellow

Naoko Eto

Security
Inauguration of President Lai Ching-te: The Future Prospects of East Asia

Highlights from the inaugural speech / Differences with Tsai’s speech / Expressions of the Cross-Strait Relations/ Challenges for

Visiting Senior Fellow

Naoko Eto

Economic Security
Geoeconomic Triangle: EU and US-China Economic Competition

What is the "geoeconomic triangle?" / From BRI to de-risking? / Who's coming out ahead?

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Economic Security
Europe’s vulnerability in the EU-China-U.S. geoeconomic triangle

As one of the world’s three biggest economies — and its largest single market — the European Union has the size and capacity to ac

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Politics and Economics
IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 3 No. 10)

New Tariffs on China to Come / Blinken Visits China / China Strengthens its Ability to Retaliate / UN Launches Panel on Critical M

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Economic Security
Does economic security undermine the benefits of interdependence?

Economic security is becoming increasingly central to American foreign and economic policy. It involves protecting supplies of cri

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Economic Security
Grasping industrial policy in the age of economic security

Japan and the United States are committed to working together to promote and protect key emerging technologies — a deepening coope

Senior Research Fellow

Yoshiyuki Sagara

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