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
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

Economic Security
Economic security has become central to America’s National Security Strategy

While you wouldn’t know it from the recent U.S.-Israeli military confrontation with Iran, the latest U.S. National Security Strate

Director & Group Head, Economic Security

Kazuto Suzuki

Diplomacy
Donald Trump, ‘The Art of the Deal” and the ‘TACO’ myth

The drama following U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” just over a year ago seemed to confirm a simple theory. On Apri

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Economic Security
Local Industrial Policy in China: The Source of Geoeconomic Power and the “Indispensability of Goods”

A key concept for understanding the expansion of China’s geoeconomic power is what could be called the “indispensability of goods.

Senior Research Fellow

Kenichi Doi

Diplomacy
Two Narratives on the Chinese Economy

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 5 No. 07)

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Politics and Economics
The 2026 Hungarian Parliamentary Elections: Opinion Polls, Seat Projections, and Potential Scenarios

With mere days remaining until the election, Hungary is attracting unprecedented international attention. In addition to the gover

Research Fellow

Yusuke Ishikawa

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