Research Findings (Americas)

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#Security#Americas#Russia, Central Asia & the Caucasus#China#Korean Peninsula#Middle East & Africa #JIIA Strategic Comments #Strategic Outlook 2026

Chapter 8: The Future of the Nuclear Order

Nobumasa Akiyama (Director, Center for Disarmament, Science and Technology)
03.06.2026
#Economy & Global Issues#China#Americas #JIIA Strategic Comments #Strategic Outlook 2026

Chapter 7: Economic Security: Current Situation, Outlook, and Recommendations

Yoshiaki Takayama (Research Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)
02.06.2026
#Russia, Central Asia & the Caucasus#Americas#Europe#Korean Peninsula#Security #JIIA Strategic Comments #Strategic Outlook 2026

Chapter 6: Will Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Ever End? The Path of Ceasefire Negotiations and the Deepening Russia-North Korea Relationship

Michihiro Tajima (Research Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)
28.05.2026
#Europe#Americas#Security #JIIA Strategic Comments #Strategic Outlook 2026

Chapter 5: Europe’s “Strategic Autonomy”: The Intersection of Long-Term and Short-Term Perspectives

Asako Takashima (Senior Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)
25.05.2026
#China#Americas #JIIA Strategic Comments #Strategic Outlook 2026

Chapter 3: US-China Coexistence and the Taiwan Situation in a Period of Fragile Stability

Yumi Iijima (Research Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)
27.04.2026
#Americas#Indo-Pacific#Japan#Economic Security #JIIA Strategic Comments #Strategic Outlook 2026

Chapter 2: The Free Trade System at a Crossroads: Trade Strategy in the New Normal

 Kensuke Yanagida (Senior Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)
13.04.2026
#Japan#China#Americas#Security #Strategic Outlook 2026 #JIIA Strategic Comments

Chapter 1: US Strategic Restraint and Japan’s Security

Tetsuo Kotani (Chief Research Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs/Professor, Meikai University)
07.04.2026
#Americas#Middle East & Africa#Security #JIIA Strategic Comments #Study Group on Traditional Security Risks

JIIA Strategic Comments (2026-8) The US-Israel Attack on Iran and the Realignment of the Middle East Order: A New Phase of Regime Change and Regional Security

Koichi Nakagawa (Adjunct Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)
18.03.2026
#Indo-Pacific#Japan#Americas#China#Security#Economy & Global Issues #Japan's Voices

[Japan’s Voices No.5] Japan’s Challenges in Bolstering Its National Security in a Disorderly World

Tokuchi Hideshi (President, Research Institute for Peace and Security)
13.03.2026
#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
#Japan#China#Indo-Pacific#Economic Security#Security#Americas #JIIA Center for Global Outreach (CGO) #Japan's Voices

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

Akio Takahara (Senior Adjunct Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)
27.02.2026
#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 Voices

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

Akio Takahara (Senior Adjunct Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)
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

[Research Report] Trump 2.0's Vision for the Western Hemisphere

Suguru Osawa (Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters, Aichi Gakuin University)
21.01.2026