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.
Emerging Technology
In chip renaissance, Japan is learning from past mistakes

Director & Group Head, Economic Security

Kazuto Suzuki

Politics and Economics
American democracy will weather the Trumpist storm

Satoshi Machidori, Professor, Kyoto Universit…

Diplomacy
Russia at the Tipping Point? Understanding the Impact of Three Years of Sanctionson Russia

Geoeconomic Agenda is a new Pacific-centric, …

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Diplomacy
A Conversation on the Taiwan Crisis with Matt Pottinger, Garnaut Global CEO

Deterrence in a Taiwan Contingency/Japan’s Ro…

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Security
Why ASEAN is crucial to a Free and Open Indo-Pacific

Author: Takahiro Kamisuna Since late forme…

Economic Security
IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. 4)

Trump Announces Possibility of Sectoral Tarif…

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Politics and Economics
Social media alone didn’t decide last year’s elections

Social media’s influence on elections continu…

Research Fellow

Yusuke Ishikawa

Economic Security
IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. 3)

Trade War False Start, Part 1 / Trade War Fal…

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Diplomacy
Trump’s Major Presidential Actions & What Experts Say

Below is a list of Trump’s key executive orde…

Diplomacy
A Message from Yuichi Hosoya on Our Latest Special Feature: How Will the Trump Administration Change the World in 2025?

The inauguration of Donald Trump’s second adm…

Group Head, Europe & Americas

Yuichi Hosoya

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