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.

Economic Security
Japanese carmakers face continuing risks in the Russian market
Ever since the era of the Cold War, when auto…

Senior Research Fellow
Hitoshi Suzuki

Diplomacy
How can Japan engage with Pacific nations amid U.S.-China competition?
KURUMADA Shuichi Visiting Fellow, Asia Pacif…

Diplomacy
How the Taiwan issue represents the U.S. and China’s battle for legitimacy
When U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited …

Senior Fellow
Naoko Eto

Security
China faces challenges in wake of Pelosi’s Taiwan visit
YAMAGUCHI Shinji Project researcher, Institu…

Diplomacy
What did Nancy Pelosi’s visit do for Taiwan?
OGASAWARA Yoshiyuki Professor, The Institute…

Diplomacy
How effective are the West’s sanctions on Russia?
The previous three Geoeconomic Briefing serie…

Director & Group Head, Economic Security
Kazuto Suzuki

Security
Does the conflict in Ukraine represent a ‘new war’?
KOIZUMI Yu Lecturer, Research Center for Adv…

Diplomacy
Japan has much to learn from Taiwan’s countering of China’s sharp power
HUANG Wei-Hsin project researcher, Institute…

Diplomacy
The war in Ukraine offers valuable lessons on changing global relations
SATO Heigo Professor, Takushoku University …

Security
The Choice Between Russia and Ukraine
In IOG Geoeconomic Insights, IOG's experts ta…

Managing Director (Representative Director), International House of Japan
Ken Jimbo





