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
IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 2 No. 18)

Mexico-U.S. Nearshoring / EU Officially Launches Investigation into EVs from China / Final Rules on U.S. Export Controls on the Wa

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Economic Security
Canada & the Indo-Pacific

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

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Economic Security
European Union being shaken by geoeconomic changes

Discussions on economic security began in earnest in Japan and the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the momentum wa

Director & Group Head, Economic Security

Kazuto Suzuki

Economic Security
IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 2 No. 17)

New U.S.-Vietnam Cooperation / EU Launches Investigation into EVs from China / Another Round for IPEF / Support for Japan’s Fisher

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

China
China looks to science and technology in its push for more power

【Author】TSUCHIYA Takahiro Associate professor, Kyoto University of Advanced Science This article was posted to the Japan Times

Emerging Technology
How emerging technologies can bring power to states

So-called emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum information science (QIS) have recently become a

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Kousuke Saito

Economic Security
IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 2 No. 16)

Secretary Raimondo Visits Beijjing / Italy Backs Out of BRI / Rules for Office Equipment / WTO Retailiation for China’s Seafood Ba

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Emerging Technology
Satellite constellations taking on greater role in Japan’s security

The Russia-Ukraine war, which started in February 2022, is sometimes described as an all-out war in the digital era, having a mix

Senior Research Fellow

Kota Umeda

Emerging Technology
Will generative AI hold power in international relations?

Science and technology have traditionally been regarded as among the elements that constitute national power, and states often exp

Group Head, Emerging Technologies

Makoto Shiono

Economic Security
IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 2 No. 15)

Outbound Investment Restrictions / Trilateral Collaboration on Economic Security / New Antidumping Duties for Steel / Congressiona

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

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