Geoeconomic Briefing

Geoeconomic Briefing is a series featuring researchers at the IOG focused on Japan’s challenges in that field. It will also provide analyses of the state of the world and trade risks as well as technological and industrial structures. (Editor-in-chief: Dr. SUZUKI Kazuto, Director, Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG); Professor, The University of Tokyo)

Special Features

Impact of the war in Ukraine sees Japan at the mercy of bigger players by OGI Hirohito

Japanese carmakers face continuing risks in the Russian market by SUZUKI Hitoshi

How can Japan engage with Pacific nations amid U.S.-China competition? by KURUMADA Shuichi

How the Taiwan issue represents the U.S. and China’s battle for legitimacy by ETO Naoko

China faces challenges in wake of Pelosi’s Taiwan visit by YAMAGUCHI Shinji

What did Nancy Pelosi’s visit do for Taiwan? by OGASAWARA Yoshiyuki

Japan has much to learn from Taiwan’s countering of China’s sharp power by HUANG Wei-Hsin

How effective are the West’s sanctions on Russia? by SUZUKI Kazuto

Does the conflict in Ukraine represent a ‘new war’? by KOIZUMI Yu

The war in Ukraine offers valuable lessons on changing global relations by SATO Heigo

Ukraine war highlights private sector’s role in conflict by SAITOU Kousuke

Japan needs to take measures against China’s geoeconomic strategy by ETO Naoko

Japan’s policy on China is critically lacking a military perspective by OUE Sadamasa

Japan needs to come up with a new geoeconomic strategy by HOSOYA Yuichi

How Japan is building on U.S. policy for economic security by JIMBO Ken

How Shinzo Abe left a legacy for Japan in geoeconomics by SUZUKI Kazuto

What role should Japan play as the Russia-Ukraine war shakes the international order? by JIMBO Ken, SUZUKI Kazuto, HOSOYA Yuichi

Why sanctions are failing to stop Russia’s attack on Ukraine by JIMBO Ken, SUZUKI Kazuto, HOSOYA Yuichi

Will the war in Ukraine change the international order? by JIMBO Ken, SUZUKI Kazuto, HOSOYA Yuichi

The never-ending process of normalizing China-Japan ties by FUNABASHI Yoichi

Why Japan doesn’t have a concrete China strategy by HOSOYA Yuichi

After 50 years of China-Japan economic ties, what comes next? by SUZUKI Kazuto

As China’s nuclear weapons multiply, U.S and Japan work on deterrence by JIMBO Ken

How China’s history of influence operations has affected Japan by INOUE Masaya

What does ‘normalization’ really mean for Japan-China ties? by OKAMOTO Takashi

Can China overcome its barriers to gaining more financial power? by OKAZAKI Kumiko

How China’s plan to return the factor market will work to develop its economy by KAJITANI Kai

To navigate the Senkaku Islands dispute, look to history by MASUO Chisako

Russian invasion may sway China against a forceful approach to Taiwan by MATSUDA Yasuhiro

China’s ‘wolf warrior’ diplomacy at a crossroads amid Ukraine crisis by SHIROYAMA Hidemi

China’s bid to wage cognitive warfare over democracy and human rights by ETO Naoko

The real reason behind China’s repression of ethnic minorities by HIRANO Satoshi

How China aims to treat Hong Kong’s explosive COVID-19 outbreak by KURATA Toru

Initiating dialogue on universal values is essential for Japan and China by OIKAWA Junko

Why China has failed to build ‘great power relations’ with the U.S. by KAWASHIMA Shin

China faces mounting challenges amid wealth gap and other social issues by AKO Tomoko

Untangling the roots of the instability in Japan and China’s relationship by ANAMI Yusuke

The Beijing Games — the start of the end of China’s ‘COVID zero’ policy? by SAGARA Yoshiyuki

What Kishida’s ‘realism diplomacy for a new era’ actually means for Japan by HOSOYA Yuichi

Who’s really calling the shots in Japan’s Prime Minister’s Office? By NAKAKITA KOji

Why economic security in Japan needs to include the defense industry by OUE Sadamasa

Monetary security is a fight over infrastructure financing, currency and sanctions by OYA Shin

Japan needs radical change to achieve health security by SAGARA Yoshiyuki

Why cyber defense in Japan is so unreliable by MURAI Jun

Firms see U.S.-China tensions as economic security threat, survey shows by TOGASHI Mariko

Japan’s energy dilemma: How to achieve security alongside decarbonization by SHIBATA Narumi

How Japan should approach military tech competition by JIMBO Ken

Japan must take a multifaceted approach to its economic security by HOSOYA Yuichi

What Japan needs to do to boost its economic security by SUZUKI Kazuto

How China became a key player in global decarbonization by SHIBATA Narumi

Fundamental shift in business activities vital to Japan’s decarbonization by MIYAKE Takayuki

Why the U.S. is struggling to formulate a trade policy on China by OYA Shin

AUKUS has outlined its potential, but has also left a sour taste by TSURUOKA Michito

AUKUS has a significant part to play in the ‘new Cold War’ against China by OUE Sadamasa

What needs to change in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan by JIMBO Ken

Japan and U.K. have a major role to play in Afghanistan’s future by HOSOYA Yuichi

How Japan and the U.S. should approach Taliban-ruled Afghanistan by SUZUKI Kazuto

The intentions behind China’s ‘friendly’ policy toward the Taliban by YAMAGUCHI Shinji

After U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Japan has a role to play by OUE Sadamasa

How Japan should make use of its ¥1 quadrillion in household savings by MUKOYAMA Jun

Japan needs a strategy for economic growth in the post-virus era by SAKURAI Makoto

Does Didi’s crash point to the future of U.S.-China financial frictions? by TOKUCHI Tatsuhito

Why the U.S.-China conflict is threatening the future of Wall Street by OYA Shin

Japan has no time to waste in boosting its cyberdefenses by JIMBO Ken

Private sector key to the success of Japan’s digital agency by MUKOYAMA Jun

Making the most of Japan’s new weapon in the digital war by UMADA Takaaki

Can Japan break away from its ‘digital defeat’? by MURAI Jun

Pandemic shows Japan needs to figure out how to learn and prepare by SUZUKI Kazuto

Failure to learn from terrorism and disease hampered Japan’s virus response by URASHIMA Mitsuyoshi

How Japan can help tackle East Asia’s coronavirus surge by SAGARA Yoshiyuki

Why a carbon tax would help Japan achieve its green ambitions by OYA Shin

Why Taiwan is more important than ever to the Japan-U.S. relationship by INOUE Masaya

Time to re-examine Japan’s longstanding ambiguity over Taiwan by TERAOKA Ayumi

Why the world depends on Taiwan and TSMC’s high-performance chips by KAWAKAMI Momoko

Robust vaccine supply chain is key to ending the pandemic by SAGARA Yoshiyuki

A Chinese invasion of Taiwan: Why Japan should prepare for the worst by OUE Sadamasa

COVID-19 shows that Japan needs to rebuild its infectious diseases strategy by SUZUKI Kazuto

How Japan can avoid losing out on the world stage by FUNABASHI Yoichi, HOSOYA Yuichi and JIMBO Ken

Managing the U.S. and China: Japan’s best way forward by FUNABASHI Yoichi, HOSOYA Yuichi and JIMBO Ken