Akira Igata

Jan 16, 2025 | cnas.org | Richard Fontaine |Akira Igata |Jacob Stokes

More than 11,000 troops from North Korea, with possibly many more to come, are fighting in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Many commentators speculate that the situation worries China, North Korea’s nominal ally, because it could risk sullying Beijing’s reputation by association; entangle security on the Korean Peninsula—China’s doorstep—with a raging European war; and lead to North Korea conspiring with Russia behind China’s back.

Jan 9, 2025 | cnas.org | Richard Fontaine |Akira Igata |Lisa Curtis |Evan Wright

IntroductionAs the United States increasingly looks to multilateral partnerships to meet challenges in the Indo-Pacific, the Quad (Australia, India, Japan, and the United States) has become a focal point for collaboration. So far, the Quad has largely steered away from security and defense issues to avoid giving the impression that it is a formal defense alliance.

Sep 5, 2024 | cnas.org | Akira Igata |Shoko Oda |Tsuyoshi Inajima

A rejection of the deal could damp Japanese companies’ appetite to consider investing in the US, said Akira Igata, a lecturer at the University of Tokyo who specializes in economic security. “The damage has been done, Other close allies and partners of the US are closely watching this unfold,” he said. “This also raises a larger question about how the national security exceptions are invoked in investment screening.