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
China’s long-range DF-27 missiles are a game changer
Long before Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dre…

Research Fellow
Rintaro Inoue

Economic Security
India’s Rising Gravitational Pull

Visiting Research Fellow
Manish Sharma

Diplomacy
Lessons for Japan from Russia’s war in Ukraine
[Author: Yuichi Yoshida, LEAP Fellow]] With …

Diplomacy
U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Block IEEPA Tariffs
Supreme Court Invalidation of IEEPA Tariffs/ …

Visiting Research Fellow
Paul Nadeau

Diplomacy
U.S. LNG and Japan’s Sea Lanes: Towards Diversification and Stabilization of the Maritime Transportation Routes
By Yuki Goto, Visiting Research Fellow The s…

Diplomacy
Dependence and Diversification: Canada’s Middle-Power Strategy
Geoeconomic Agenda is a new Pacific-centric, …

Visiting Research Fellow
Paul Nadeau

Diplomacy
Attack on Iran: What Comes Next for the Gulf & The Oil Crisis?
Geoeconomic Insight 3/1/2026

Director & Group Head, Economic Security
Kazuto Suzuki

Diplomacy
The Supreme Court Strikes Down the IEEPA Tariffs: What Happened and What Comes Next?
IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 5 No. …

Visiting Research Fellow
Paul Nadeau

Diplomacy
Fed-Treasury Coordination as Economic Security Policy
IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 5 No. …

Visiting Research Fellow
Andrew Capistrano

Diplomacy
What Takaichi’s Snap Election Landslide Means for Japan’s Defense and Fiscal Policy
Election Results: Key Takeaways and Implicati…

Senior Research Fellow
Hirohito Ogi





