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
Japan’s Upper House Election and Its Impact on Diplomacy and Tariff Talks: Dr. Míreya Solis Explains

今回の参議院選挙の結果は石破現政権にとってどのような意味を持つのでしょうか。 What d…

Politics and Economics
Understanding Japan’s Upper House Election Results with IOG Director Kazuto Suzuki

今回の参議院選挙の結果を教えてください What was the result of th…

Director & Group Head, Economic Security

Kazuto Suzuki

Economic Security
Trump’s Tariffs: The View from the Private Sector

Geoeconomic Agenda is a new Pacific-centric, …

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Politics and Economics
DOGE Shock and Crisis in U.S. Credibility

In 2010, a charming dog from Japan circulated…

Senior Research Fellow

Yoshiyuki Sagara

Economic Security
India’s Strategic Autonomy in a Trumpian World

In a bombshell revelation, India’s top defens…

Visiting Research Fellow

Manish Sharma

Economic Security
Japan needs to take the quantum-technology leap

[Author: Wakana Asano, API Takano Fellow] …

Security
Air superiority vs. air denial: Redefining U.S. airpower strategy

[Author: Sadamasa Oue , consulting senior fel…

Economic Security
The Lessons of the Nippon Steel Saga

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. …

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Economic Security
Unchecked and unbalanced: The future of U.S. economic policymaking

U.S. President Donald Trump is fanning the fl…

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Emerging Technology
A ‘Sputnik’ moment in the global AI race

When Chinese AI startup DeepSeek unveiled the…

Group Head, Emerging Technologies

Makoto Shiono

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