Geoeconomic Briefing No.198 August 12, 2024 Will Japan and China’s relations continue to stagnate? Hotaka Machida Visiting Senior Research Fellow PDF Xi Jinping’s government has begun its charm offensive aimed at Japan. At the Japan-South Korea-China summit in Seoul in May, a smiling Chinese Premier Li Qiang shook hands with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.197 July 29, 2024 Democracy is on tenuous ground this ‘election year’ Yuichi Hosoya Director of Research, Asia Pacific Initiative Group Head, Europe & Americas, Institute of Geoeconomics PDF Since 2006, the world has seen levels of freedom and democracy slide for 17 consecutive years, according to Freedom in the World, an annual …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.196 July 11, 2024 Japan can help Global South navigate U.S.-China clash Hiroki Takeuchi Associate Professor of Political Science, Southern Methodist University PDF The conflict between the United States and China is deepening, with both countries’ foreign policies bogged down by their respective domestic politics. And if the U.S. abandons its leadership role …

Japan can help Global South navigate U.S.-China clash by Hiroki Takeuchi Read More »

Geoeconomic Briefing No.195 July 1, 2024 Expectations vs. reality of Xi Jinping’s charm offensive Naoko Eto Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Gakushuin University PDF After a long absence of conciliatory diplomacy especially with the West, Chinese leader Xi Jinping seems to have finally embarked on a charm offensive. Beijing’s goal is to …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.194 June 27, 2024 What will it take for China to regain market confidence? Tomoyuki Fukumoto Professor of Economics at the Osaka University of Economics PDF China’s growth rate of 5.3% in the first quarter of this year may have beaten expectations, but the country’s leader Xi Jinping continues to struggle with overall …

What will it take for China to regain market confidence? by Tomoyuki Fukumoto Read More »

Geoeconomic Briefing No.193 June 9, 2024 Does economic security undermine the benefits of interdependence? Paul Nadeau Visiting Research Fellow PDF Economic security is becoming increasingly central to American foreign and economic policy. It involves protecting supplies of critical materials and technologies, thwarting economic coercion and building resiliency against economic disruptions. While economic security may be …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.192 May 31, 2024 Europe’s vulnerability in the EU-China-U.S. geoeconomic triangle Andrew Capistrano Visiting Research Fellow PDF As one of the world’s three biggest economies — and its largest single market — the European Union has the size and capacity to act as a major geoeconomic power. Among its strengths, the EU accounts …

Europe’s vulnerability in the EU-China-U.S. geoeconomic triangle by Andrew Capistrano Read More »

Geoeconomic Briefing No.191 May 27, 2024 How will Japan respond to new U.S. investment rules? Satoshi Yamada Visiting Senior Research Fellow, the Institute of Geoeconomics PDF In recent years, as countries increasingly focus on their economic security, much of the discussion on bolstering investment regulations has been centered on inbound investment. Japan’s rules in this …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.190 May 20, 2024 Grasping industrial policy in the age of economic security Yoshiyuki Sagara Senior Research Fellow PDF Japan and the United States are committed to working together to promote and protect key emerging technologies — a deepening cooperation underpinned by growing competition between the U.S. and China. “We intend to sharpen …

Grasping industrial policy in the age of economic security by Yoshiyuki Sagara Read More »

Geoeconomic Briefing No.200 May 7, 2024 The shift from economic security to geoeconomics Kazuto Suzuki Director & Group Head, Economic Security, Institute of Geoeconomics PDF As the West continues to grapple with the challenge of figuring out how to deal with China’s global influence, economic security has become much a talked-about concept among policymakers and …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.188 April 23, 2024 Starlink highlights economic security challenges facing democracies Kota Umeda Visiting Research Fellow PDF The Russia-Ukraine war has placed a fresh spotlight on the extremely close relationship between civil technology and military technology, with the Starlink satellite communication service operated by a subsidiary of SpaceX supporting Ukrainian military operations and …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.187 April 21, 2024 How to deal with influence operations in the era of generative AI Makoto Shiono Director of Management & Group Head, Emerging Technologies, Institute of Geoeconomics PDF 2024 will be a year when we watch over elections in many countries while paying attention to the progress in artificial intelligence (AI), …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.186 April 16, 2024 Can we trust the polls? How emerging technologies affect democracy Kousuke Saito Visiting Senior Research Fellow PDF Do technologies change how democracy works, or do democratic principles determine how technologies work? With 2024 being a global election year — voters having gone to or set to head to polls …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.185 April 9, 2024 How to stop the dominoes of war from falling in East Asia OUE Sadamasa Consulting Senior Fellow & Group Head, International Security Order, Institute of Geoeconomics Lieutenant General, Japan Air Self-Defense Force (Ret.) PDF The dominoes of war are falling amid chaotic international order. The Russia-Ukraine war has entered …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.184 April 7, 2024 Ukraine war has brought new challenges for international security Goro Matsumura Former Commanding General of the Ground Self-Defense Force’s Northeastern Army PDF A full-scale military war is still taking place today between Russian and Ukrainian forces in Ukraine. It is certain that how this war ends matters greatly in …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.183 April 2, 2024 How the Israel-Hamas war is changing the international security order Masaki Mizobuchi, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University* PDF In the early morning of Oct. 7, Hamas, a militant organization that effectively controls the Gaza Strip, launched a full-fledged surprise attack on southern Israel, …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.182 March 31, 2024 How should Japan deal with Ukraine, Gaza and the Indo-Pacific region? Ken Jimbo Managing Director (Representative Director) President, Asia Pacific Initiative PDF Today’s international security environment indicates that what political scientist Walter Russel Mead called “the return of geopolitics” has become the rule of the game. For about two …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.181 March 5, 2024 The U.S.-Japan gap: a challenge in economicsecurity cooperation Mariko Togashi Visiting Research Fellow PDF In recent years, Japan has been the world’s forerunner in the field of economic security, setting up an economic division within the National Security Secretariat, creating a ministerial post and enacting the Economic Security Promotion …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.180 March 4, 2024 Why Japanese companies need to prepare for Trump 2.0 YAMADA Satoshi Visiting Senior Research Fellow PDF On Jan. 12, as the new year got underway, TV Tokyo conducted an interview with leaders of major Japanese companies regarding 2024’s risks, and many of them directly or indirectly viewed the Nov. …

Why Japanese companies need to prepare for Trump 2.0 by YAMADA Satoshi Read More »

Geoeconomic Briefing No.179 February 22, 2024 How East Asia should prepare for a possible Trump comeback Hirohito Ogi Senior Research Fellow PDF U.S. allies in East Asia are becoming increasingly worried about how the outcome of the U.S. presidential election in November will affect Washington’s East Asia policy. If former U.S. President Donald Trump wins …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.178 February 13, 2024 The battle to tackle U.S. election propaganda heats up Yoshiyuki Sagara Senior Research Fellow PDF More than half of the world’s population will elect their political leaders in 2024, with votes taking place in over 60 countries, from Indonesia and South Korea to India and the United Kingdom, as …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.177 February 8, 2024 Why the eyes of the world will be on the U.S. presidential election Yuichi Hosoya Director Director of Research, Asia Pacific Initiative Group Head, Europe ＆ Americas, Institute of Geoeconomics PDF The whole world is now intimidated by American democracy. The Economist expressed concern over the possible outcome of …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.176 February 1, 2024 Japanese firms seek political stability and stronger alliance: survey– IOG Survey Results of 100 Japanese Companies on Economic Security – Hitoshi Suzuki Visiting Senior Research Fellow COO, LLC future mobiliTy research PDF (Article)　PDF (Key Data) Japanese companies’ strategic stance toward the domestic, U.S. and Chinese markets became clearer in …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.175 January 25, 2024 Will drones replace helicopter pilots in the Self-Defense Forces? Kisho Yoshida Visiting Research Fellow PDF In Japan’s National Defense Strategy released in December 2022, the government listed unmanned defense capabilities as one of the key factors for fundamental reinforcement of defense. The document stated that unmanned assets are often …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.174 January 16, 2024 What the Hamas-Israel ‘humanitarian pause’ really meant Yoshiyuki Sagara Senior Research Fellow PDF Almost three months have passed since a conflict between the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel began, and more than 20,000 Palestinians — of whom about 70% are women and children — have been killed in …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.173 January 15, 2024 What the Israel-Hamas war means for U.S. grand strategy Takuya Matsuda Project Researcher, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo PDF The unprecedented attack on Israel by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, which has been compared by some to al-Qaida’s Sept. 11 attack on the United …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.172 January 9, 2024 Europe rattled by Israel-Hamas war Yuichi Hosoya Director Director of Research, Asia Pacific Initiative Group Head, Europe ＆ Americas, Institute of Geoeconomics PDF In many European countries, including the United Kingdom, people commemorate the war dead on Remembrance Day on Nov. 11 with the wearing of red or white …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.171 December 14, 2023 Acquiring counterstrike capabilities is no simple matter for Japan Kisho Yoshida Visiting Fellow, Institute of Geoeconomics PDF In December 2022, the Japanese government stated in its National Security Strategy and National Defense Strategy its decision to possess counterstrike capabilities, saying it would be “a key to deterring invasion against …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.170 December 7, 2023 China Group How AI fits into China’s raft of global initiatives Naoko Eto Senior Fellow & Group Head, China, Institute of Geoeconomics PDF In early November, the British government hosted its AI Safety Summit in Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, focusing on how to best manage risks from the latest advances …

How AI fits into China’s raft of global initiatives by Naoko Eto Read More »

Geoeconomic Briefing No.169 November 21, 2023 China Group ‘Offensive’ and ‘defensive’ diplomacy: Managing ties with China Hotaka Machida Visiting Senior Research Fellow PDF A year has passed since Chinese President Xi Jinping began his norm-breaking third term as Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Secretary General. In October, China hosted the third round of the Belt and …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.168 November 14, 2023 Economic Security Group Germany’s China strategy is epoch-making but ambiguous Takumi Itabashi Professor, the Graduate Schools for Law and Politics at the University of Tokyo PDF European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gave a keynote speech to the Mercator Institute for China Studies and the European Policy Center …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.167 November 7, 2023 Economic Security Group How electric vehicles became subject to EU economic security Hitoshi Suzuki Visiting Senior Research Fellow COO, LLC future mobiliTy research PDF Among Japan, the United States and Europe, the nations that are particularly enthusiastic about promoting electric vehicles are the United Kingdom, Norway and those of …

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Geoeconomic Briefing No.165 October 12, 2023 Economic Security Group European Union being shaken by geoeconomic changes Kazuto Suzuki Director & Group Head, Economic Security, Institute of Geoeconomics Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo PDF Discussions on economic security began in earnest in Japan and the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, …

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China looks to science and technology in its push for more power by TSUCHIYA Takahiro Read More »

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How emerging technologies can bring power to states by SAITOU Kousuke Read More »

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Satellite constellations taking on greater role in Japan’s security by UMEDA Kota Read More »

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Will generative AI hold power in international relations? by SHIONO Makoto Read More »

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Japan has plenty to offer in the field of detecting threats by SAGARA Yoshiyuki Read More »

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Why building an effective Japan-U.S. kill chain will enhance defense by INOUE Rintaro Read More »

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What the trilateral fighter jet program means for Japan by OUE Sadamasa Read More »

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How Japan can make the most of its latest diplomatic tool by OGI Hirohito Read More »

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A new tide of weapons imports, production and development by JIMBO Ken Read More »

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Is China going unchecked while the West supports Ukraine? by TSURUOKA Michito Read More »

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Mission impossible: How to get Kyiv and Moscow to talk by HIGASHINO Atsuko Read More »

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy: From a weak anti-war leader to a symbol of the fight for liberation by HOSAKA Sanshiro Read More »

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Why Zelenskyy’s diplomacy is a key factor in Ukraine’s efforts to win war by HOSOYA Yuichi Read More »

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What lies behind China’s unconventional approach to diplomacy? by ETO Naoko Read More »

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Democracy-minded Yoon faces challenges in dealing with China By NISHINO Junya Read More »

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Why ASEAN is key to building order in the Indo-Pacific region by KOGA Kei Read More »

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The future lies in helping to make China a responsible superpower by MACHIDA Hotaka Read More »

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China’s vision of an international order firmly in the shadows of the G7 by ETO Naoko Read More »

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Taking inspiration from Hiroshima to reconstruct the global nuclear order by OUE Sadamasa Read More »

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What Japan can learn from a leader’s diplomacy four decades ago by HOSOYA Yuichi Read More »

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Why the G7 has significance as a collective economic defense mechanism by SUZUKI Kazuto Read More »

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Russia’s nuclear blackmail must be met with denial by OGI Hirohito Read More »

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War in Ukraine will set a course for international order — whatever the outcome by JIMBO Ken Read More »

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It’s time for the U.S. to rediscover its role in the G7 by Marina Fujita Dickson Read More »

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Challenges await EU over continued assistance to Ukraine by ISHIKAWA Yusuke Read More »

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Ahead of G7 Hiroshima summit, Japan should examine past contributions by SUZUKI Hitoshi Read More »