List of Research Findings

A list of research findings from JIIA is available for viewing.

#Security#Europe #JIIA Strategic Comments #Disarmament / Non-proliferation #Science and Technology #CDAST #Center for Disarmament, Science and Technology (CDAST)

JIIA Strategic Comments (2026-7) “Forward Deterrence” and the New Age of France’s Nuclear Deterrence

Timothée Albessard(Special Research Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs. Graduated from The École Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Paris, France)
06.03.2026
#China#Americas#Security #JIIA Strategic Comments

JIIA Strategic Comments (2026-5) Allegations of a Chinese Nuclear Test

Shigeru Osugi (Research Fellow of the Center for Disarmament, Science and Technology, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)
06.03.2026
#JIIA Strategic Comments #Science and Technology

JIIA Strategic Comments (2026-6) Racing Ahead, Falling Apart: Middle Powers and the Future of Military AI Governance

Umi Ariga (Research Fellow, Japan Institute of International Affairs)
06.03.2026
#Japan#China#Indo-Pacific#Economic Security#Security#Americas #JIIA Center for Global Outreach (CGO) #Japan's Voice

[Japan’s Voices No.4] Japan–China Relations, Taiwan, and US–China Dynamics: An Expert View

27.02.2026
#Japan#Indo-Pacific#Economy & Global Issues #JIIA Center for Global Outreach (CGO) #Japan's Voice

[Japan’s Voices No.3] Charting FOIP’s path forward in an unruly world

Shihoko Goto (Vice President of Programs and Director of the Asia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute)
24.02.2026
#Territorial Columns #The Center for Territory and History

Rare Film Footage Released: Oldest Known Record of Takeshima

20.02.2026
#Japan#Economic Security#Economy & Global Issues #JIIA Center for Global Outreach (CGO) #Japan's Voice

[Japan’s Voices No.2] Takaichi’s Landslide: A Mandate for Strategic Realism and Allied Scale

Stephen R. Nagy (Visiting Fellow, JIIA)
13.02.2026
#Kokusai Mondai (International Affairs)

KOKUSAI MONDAI (ISSN:1881-0500) Summary No. 729, February 2026

13.02.2026
#Americas#Europe#Economic Security#Economy & Global Issues #JIIA Strategic Comments

JIIA Strategic Comments (2026-4) Enhancing Greenland’s Future Strategic Value in the Arctic -- Independence, Annexation, or Free Association?

Toshio Sano(Former Ambassador of Japan to the Kingdom of Denmark)
13.02.2026
#Japan#Americas#Indo-Pacific#Economy & Global Issues #JIIA Center for Global Outreach (CGO) #Japan's Voice

[Japan’s Voices No.1] The Disintegration of the World Order and Its Reconstruction — Japan’s Mission

Akio Takahara (Senior Adjunct Fellow, JIIA)
09.02.2026
#Americas#Security #JIIA Strategic Comments #JIIA Platform #Study Group on the USA

JIIA Strategic Comments (2026-2) Trump 2.0 Returning to the "Exceptionalism": Building a Multi-Layered Breakwater in the Midwest

Jun Yanagi (Executive Director, JIIA Platform, Former Consul General of Japan in Chicago)
22.01.2026
#Americas#Security #Research Reports #Study Group on the USA

Trump 2.0's Vision for the Western Hemisphere

Suguru Osawa (Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters, Aichi Gakuin University)
21.01.2026
#Japan#China #Research Reports

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Remarks and Japan–China–Taiwan Relations—The Logic Behind China’s Unyielding Position

Shin Kawashima(Professor, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences)
14.01.2026
#The Center for Territory and History #Historical Columns

History and the Present of Exchange with China in Kitakyushu City: Tracing the Footsteps of the Friendship City Relationship with Dalian City

Kan Hayata (Junior assistant fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)
14.01.2026
#Security#Indo-Pacific #JIIA Strategic Comments #Center for Disarmament, Science and Technology (CDAST) #CDAST #Disarmament / Non-proliferation #Science and Technology

JIIA Strategic Comments (2025-16)The Perils of “Selective Proliferation” for U.S. Allies and the Global Order

Timothée Albessard(Special Research Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs. Graduated from The École Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Paris, France)
26.12.2025