IOG Geoeconomic Insights

IOG’s experts take one story shaping today’s international politics and draw out its implications.
2022
2022.12.14
China’s Zero-COVID Policy: Recent Developments & Future Outlook (Naoko Eto, Senior Fellow, Institute of Geoeconomics)
・Changes in Zero COVID policy
・Consequences of recent protests
・Implications on foreign investment & US-China decoupling
2022.11.08
Japan-South Korea Relations & Surrounding Security Challenges (Ken Jimbo, President, Asia Pacific Initiative)
・South Korea’s domestic debate on nuclear weapons
・Japan’s view of South Korea’s nuclear deterrence options
・Japan-ROK cooperation the Yoon administration
2022.10.05
Populism and Geoeconomics (Kazuto Suzuki, Director, Institute of Geoeconomics)
・The Rise of “Populist” Parties
・Populism and the Political Spectrum
・Geoeconomic Impact of Populism
2022.08.30
The Choice Between Russia and Ukraine (Ken Jimbo, President, Asia Pacific Initiative)
∙ Countries Taking a Neutral Position in the Ukraine War
∙ Lessons from the 2018 U.S.-China Trade War
∙ Japan’s Strategy