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
Recapping a Month of Summits: The View from Asia

This year's APEC takeaways / US-China summit / JP-ROK-China trilateral

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Diplomacy
What the Hamas-Israel ‘humanitarian pause’ really meant

Almost three months have passed since a conflict between the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel began, and more than 20,0

Senior Research Fellow

Yoshiyuki Sagara

Economic Security
The Past, Present, and Future of Japan’s Geoeconomic Leadership

Geoeconomic Agenda is a new Pacific-centric, globally-minded podcast that investigates the connections between economics, geopolit

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Economic Security
IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 2 No. 22)

Biden Administration Announces New Rules for EV Purchases / U.S. Dairy Industry Faces Setback in USMCA / Trade Policy & COP28

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Diplomacy
Europe rattled by Israel-Hamas war

In many European countries, including the United Kingdom, people commemorate the war dead on Remembrance Day on Nov. 11 with the w

Group Head, Europe & Americas

Yuichi Hosoya

Economic Security
Geoeconomics of Competition and Coexistence

Director & Group Head, Economic Security

Kazuto Suzuki

Economic Security
IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 2 No. 21)

IPEF on the Rocks / APEC Outcomes / Dispute over USTR’s Digital Pivot / China & Japan Open Channel on Export Controls / Rapidu

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Security
Acquiring counterstrike capabilities is no simple matter for Japan

【Author】Kisho Yoshida Visiting Fellow, Institute of Geoeconomics In December 2022, the Japanese government stated in its Natio

Diplomacy
How AI fits into China’s raft of global initiatives

In early November, the British government hosted its AI Safety Summit in Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, focusing on how to best

Visiting Senior Fellow

Naoko Eto

Security
The China-Russia-North Korea triangle looks unlikely to last

[Author] Yukihiro Hotta, Senior Researcher at the Kazankai Foundation When Russian President Vladimir Putin met with North Kore

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