Experts

PROFILE NAME

Rei Koga

Exchange Research Student of the Economic Security Intelligence Lab (ESIL)
Research Center for the Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), The University of Tokyo

Currently pursuing a PhD in International Relations at King’s College London, UK.
Her research focuses on economic security and outbound foreign direct investment (FDI) screening regimes. She examines the role of intelligence agencies in national security reviews and the impact of changes in the international environment—such as US-China strategic competition—on investment screening policies, conducting comparative research on policy frameworks in Japan and Australia. Theoretically, he draws primarily on neoclassical realism and theories of capitalist diversity.

Her areas of expertise include state capitalism, security in supply chains, and the intersection of economic policy and national security.