Research on #US-China Competition
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Security
Dealing with the America First United States

Introduction: America First is not New / Japan’s Economic Security Efforts / Three Types of Reaction towards the U.S.  / Fundament

Senior Research Fellow

Yoshiyuki Sagara

Diplomacy
Beijing’s ‘Globalist’ Agenda Under Trump 2.0

As 2025 comes to a close, it’s worth reflecting on the historical significance of a year that marked the 80th anniversary of the e

Senior Research Fellow

Kenichi Doi

Economic Security
Xi’s Balancing Act: Competition Abroad, Discipline at Home

Beijing’s calculated use of rare-earth export controls has again become a key instrument in its competition with Washington. By im

Visiting Senior Fellow

Naoko Eto

Emerging Technology
A Looming Crisis in U.S. Science and Technology: The Case of NASA’s Science Budget

Barely six months into the second Trump administration, more than 4,000 employees have left the National Aeronautics and Space Adm

Research Fellow

Kota Umeda

Economic Security
Trump and America’s tech giants: Coexistence or collaboration?

Captured in images that immediately went viral, U.S. President Donald Trump’s second inauguration in January drew the attendance o

Group Head, Emerging Technologies

Makoto Shiono

Security
Beyond a Zero-Sum Approach to U.S.-Japan Defense Burden Sharing

The Trump administration’s policy of pressing U.S. allies to shoulder more of the defense burden has fueled fears of “abandonment”

Senior Research Fellow

Hirohito Ogi

Economic Security
Japan Inc. cautiously optimistic despite rising uncertainty

An overwhelming number of Japanese companies cite the Trump administration’s policies and economic trends in the United States amo

Senior Research Fellow

Hitoshi Suzuki

Diplomacy
⑥China China China (Deciphering Trump Administration)

①Deciphering Trump Administration: Is Trump irrational or a mastermind? • ①Is Trump irrational or a mastermind? (Dec...

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Economic Security
IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 4 No. 2)

Trump Returns to the White House / Nippon Steel Blocked / Biden Takes Parting Shot at China’s AI Development… / …And Legacy Semico

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Economic Security
Politics and the economy: Bedfellows of U.S.-China relations

The United States has yet to come up with a viable strategy to deal with multipolarity in international relations. How will this a

Visiting Senior Fellow

Naoko Eto

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