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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Visiting Research Fellow
Andrew Capistrano

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

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
Sovereign AI After Fugu: From Vertical Dominance to Horizontal Resilience2026.06.24
European Industry and the “Second China Shock”2026.06.19
Order from Chaos: Introducing the Geoeconomic Connectivity Index2026.06.05
China’s Rare Earth Export Controls: “International Rules” Orientation and the Avant-Garde Use of Security Exceptions2026.07.03
The Iran-U.S. MOU Offers a Reprieve, but Not Relief2026.07.02





