Strategic Comments (2025-08)
The Lai Administration's First Anniversary and the Gray Zone Situation Surrounding the Dongsha Islands

14-05-2025

Koichiro Matsumoto (Managing Director, Research and Programs, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)

JIIA Strategic Comments (2025-07)
Trump Tariffs: The Outlook for Japan-U.S. Trade Negotiations

30-04-2025

Kensuke Yanagida (Research Fellow, Japan Institute of International Affairs)

JIIA Strategic Comments (2025-03)
Chinese Diplomacy in the Trump 2.0 Era (1): China's Narrative and New Keywords Amid Global Uncertainty

21-04-2025

Yumi Iijima (Research Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)

Strategic Comments (2025-02)
Global Governance in Crisis: The G7 Framework Must Be Preserved

18-03-2025

Koichiro Matsumoto (Managing Director, Research and Programs,The Japan Institute of International Affairs)

JIIA Strategic Comments (2025-01)
The impact of Trump 2.0 and Japan's response

11-03-2025

Masafumi Ishii (JIIA Platform Managing Director)

Chapter 14: Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation in the Face of Continuing Challenges

Nobumasa Akiyama (Director, Center for Disarmament, Science and Technology)

Chapter 13: Re-evaluation of Disinformation Countermeasures and Expansion of International Collaboration on Disinformation Challenges in the Indo-Pacific Region

Kyoko Kuwahara (Research Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)

Chapter 12: The Impact of the Development and Proliferation of Artificial Intelligence and Unmanned Systems on Security

Yuichi Yoshida (Research Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)

Chapter 11: Further Challenges to the Free Trade System: A Chain Reaction of Protectionism as the Greatest Concern

Kensuke Yanagida (Research Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)

Chapter 10: Economic Security in an Era of International Competition: The Pursuit of Superiority and Security

Yoshiaki Takayama (Research Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)

Chapter 9: The Middle East during the Second Trump Administration: Palestine in Turmoil and Business Opportunities Centered on Oil-Producing Countries

Koichi Nakagawa (Adjunct Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)

Chapter 8: The Continuing War of Attrition in Ukraine: What Will the Trump Administration and Prolonged War Bring?

Michihiro Tajima (Research Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)

Chapter 7: US "Withdrawal" from the War in Ukraine and Europe's Choice: Japan-Europe Partnership Soar

Asako Takashima (Research Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)

Chapter 6: Possible US-North Korea Dialogue with the Trump Administration and Sustainable Japan-ROK Relations

Chapter 5: Will Economic Stagnation and a Preoccupation with National Security Continue Under the Increasingly Personalised Control of Xi Jinping?

LI Hao (Research Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)

Chapter 4: Heightened Uncertainty in US-China Relations and the Situation in the Taiwan Strait

Yumi Iijima (Research Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)

Chapter 3: Promoting "America First" and MAGA: Republican Party Domination of All Three Branches of the Federal Government

Naoko Funatsu (Research Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)

Chapter 2: Foreign and Security Policies of the Second Trump Administration

Tetsuo Kotani (Senior Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs / Professor, Meikai University)

Chapter 1: Japan's Course: Year One for Both Challenge Sharing and National Strategy

Masafumi Ishii (JIIA Platform Managing Director)

"A Quest for Global Resilience" Explained

Koichiro Matsumoto (JIIA Managing Director for Research and Programs)