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
After tariffs: Is there a plan to restructure the global economic system?

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. …

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Economic Security
Personnel Is (Trade) Policy

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. …

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Politics and Economics
Resilient Yet Vulnerable: India’s Economy, Markets, and Global Positioning (INDIA ROUNDUP, March 2025)

Summary The Indian economy is facing slowd…

Visiting Research Fellow

Manish Sharma

Diplomacy
Japan and Trump 2.0 – What Happens Next?

Geoeconomic Agenda is a new Pacific-centric, …

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Economic Security
Why Trump might want a short-term economic downturn

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. …

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Emerging Technology
Japan is no island when it comes to semiconductors. Rightly so.

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

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

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