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- Counselor for the National Bureau of Asian Research
Aaron L. Friedberg is a Counselor for the National Bureau of Asian Research. He is also Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, where he has taught since 1987, and co-director of the Woodrow Wilson School's Center for International Security Studies. He is also a non-resident senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
Dr. Friedberg is the author of three books including The Weary Titan: Britain and the Experience of Relative Decline, 1895-1905 and In the Shadow of the Garrison State: America's Anti-Statism and its Cold War Grand Strategy, both published by Princeton University Press, and co-editor (with Richard Ellings) of three volumes in the National Bureau of Asian Research's annual Strategic Asia series. His book A Contest for Supremacy: China, America and the Struggle for Mastery in Asia was published in 2011 by W.W. Norton.
His articles and essays have appeared in a number of publications, including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Commentary, the National Interest, American Interest, the Weekly Standard, Foreign Affairs, the Washington Quarterly, Survival, and International Security.
In 2001-2002 Dr. Friedberg was selected as the first occupant of the Henry A. Kissinger Chair at the Library of Congress. He has been a research fellow at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, the Norwegian Nobel Institute, the Smithsonian Institution's Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and Harvard University's Center for International Affairs. Dr. Friedberg served from June 2003 to June 2005 as Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs and Director of Policy Planning in the office of the Vice President. After leaving government he was appointed to the Defense Policy Board and the Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion.
Dr. Friedberg received his AB in 1978 and his PhD in 1986, both from Harvard University. He is a member of the editorial boards of Joint Forces Quarterly and The Journal of Strategic Studies and a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and the Council on Foreign Relations.
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- Vice President of Research
- Vice President of Research / the National Bureau of Asian Research
- Vice President of Research at the National Bureau of Asian Research
Alison Szalwinski is Vice President of Research at NBR. Ms. Szalwinski provides executive leadership to NBR's policy research agenda and oversees research teams in Seattle and Washington, D.C.
She is the author of numerous articles and reports and co-editor of the Strategic Asia series along with Ashley J. Tellis and Michael Wills, including the most recent volumes, Strategic Asia 2021-22: Navigating Tumultuous Times in the Indo-Pacific (2022), Strategic Asia 2020: U.S.-China Competition for Global Influence (2020), Strategic Asia 2019: China's Expanding Strategic Ambitions (2019), and Strategic Asia 2017-18: Power, Ideas, and Military Strategy in the Asia-Pacific (2017). Prior to joining NBR, Szalwinski spent time at the U.S. Department of State and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Her research interests include U.S. alliance relationships, U.S.-China relations, and the implications of great-power competition for U.S. alliances in the region.
She holds a BA in Foreign Affairs and History from the University of Virginia and an MA in Asian Studies from Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. Outside of work, she enjoys outdoor activities, including snowboarding, climbing, and triathalons.
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- Director of the Treaties Division II Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Job Titles:
- Hills and Company International Consultants
- Member of the Board of Advisors at National Bureau of Asian Research
Ambassador Carla A. Hills is a member of the Board of Advisors at National Bureau of Asian Research.
Ambassador Hills is Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Hills and Company International Consultants. She is also
Ambassador Hills served as United States Trade Representative from 1989 to 1993. As a member of President George H.W. Bush's Cabinet, Carla was the President's principal advisor on international trade policy and as the nation's chief trade negotiator, representing American interests in multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations worldwide. She negotiated and concluded the North American Free Trade Agreement, led the U.S. negotiations on the Uruguay Round of the World Trade Organization, and concluded a large number of trade and investment agreements with countries around the world.
Earlier, Amb. Hills served as Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (the third woman to hold a Cabinet position). She also served as the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Before entering government, Amb. Hills co-founded and was partner in what is now the Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP law firm. She also served as an adjunct professor at the University of California at Los Angeles Law School teaching antitrust law, and co-authored the Antitrust Adviser, which was published by McGraw-Hill.
Over the years, she has served on the boards of a number of Fortune 500 companies. She currently serves on the International Advisory Board of J.P. Morgan Chase and the Advisory Board of C.V. Starr Co., Inc. She also serves in leadership positions with several not-for-profit organizations, including as Chair Emeritus of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and of the Inter-American Dialogue; member of the Board of the Center for Strategic and International Studies; Honorary Director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics; member of the Executive Committee of the Trilateral Commission; and Co-Chair Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Amb. Hills graduated from Stanford University, attended Oxford University's St. Hilda's College, and obtained her law degree from the Yale Law School. She holds honorary degrees from a number, of colleges and universities. In 2000, she was awarded the Aztec Eagle, the highest honor given by the Mexican government to a non-citizen.
She resides in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Job Titles:
- Honorary Chairman of the India Council
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- Fellow
- Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Defence and Security
Anna Powles is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Defence and Security Studies. Dr. Powles' research focusses on (1) the geopolitics, security and conflict in the Pacific Islands region; specifically, how state and non-state actors are shaping regional security, strategic competition and the intersection of geopolitics and local security dynamics; and (2) New Zealand foreign and defence policy in the Pacific. She is currently an investigator on several research projects analysing security dynamics in the Pacific including influence and interference activities in the Pacific; private security governance in the Pacific; the operation of the Australia-New Zealand alliance in the Pacific Islands; and mapping security cooperation in the Pacific. She is the author of a forthcoming book on New Zealand's foreign and security policy in the Pacific Islands, the co-editor of United Nations Peacekeeping Challenge (Routledge, 2017), and has published in journals including International Affairs. A complete list of publications is here.
She is a Non-Resident Fellow at the National Bureau for Asian Research (2022-2026) and an Associate Scholar with the MacMillan Brown Center for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury. She was previously a visiting scholar at the East-West Center, Honolulu, in 2019; and the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, in 2014.
Anna has been commissioned to write and speak on Pacific security issues by leading global thinktanks including the Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House), RUSI, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Hudson Institute, Wilton Park, United States Institute for Peace, and the Lowy Institute. She is a frequent speaker at international strategic dialogues and regularly briefs governments and media.
Anna sits on the advisory group to the International Code of Conduct Association (the governance and oversight mechanism of the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers). She has previously been engaged by the United Nations Development Programme Pacific as a subject matter expert on private security sector governance in the Pacific and as a security sector reform specialist in Timor-Leste. Anna has also served on the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs Standing Committee, as the New Zealand representative on the NATO Core Group on Women, Peace and Security (2016-18), as a member of the Pacific Advisory Group (an independent advisory body to the New Zealand Government), and in 2014 founded the New Zealand chapter of Women In International Security.
Anna has worked extensively in conflict and humanitarian emergencies in Southeast Asia and the Pacific and has previously held positions with the International Crisis Group, the United Nations Development Programme, the Australian Civil-Military Centre, as well as with international humanitarian agencies including Oxfam, Action Aid, World Vision and the Norwegian Refugee Council.
Anna holds a PhD from the Australian National University and is an alumni of the East West Center and the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu.
April A. Herlevi is an expert in China's foreign economic policy, special economic zones, and economic statecraft. Her recent research topics include the intersection between economics and national security and the increasing role of Chinese commercial, economic, and military actors globally. She earned her PhD in international relations and comparative politics from the University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville. While at UVA, she served as a graduate instructor for courses on Chinese Politics, US Foreign Policy, Ethics and Human Rights, and Comparative Politics. She holds a BA in political science and economics from North Carolina State University and a Master's of Public Policy from George Mason University. She studied Mandarin at Tsinghua University in Beijing and Zhejiang University of Technology in Hangzhou. Prior to the PhD program, she served in the federal government including positions with the US Navy, US Marine Corps, and US Agency for International Development.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Advisors at the National Bureau of Asian Research
Arzan Tarapore is a member of the Board of Advisors at the National Bureau of Asian Research
Tarapore is a Research Scholar on South Asia at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University. Combining a PhD with 13 years of government experience, his research focuses on strategy, military effectiveness, and Indo-Pacific security issues. He previously held research positions at the East-West Center in Washington, D.C., and the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi. His work has been published in the Washington Quarterly, Joint Force Quarterly, the Washington Post blog the Monkey Cage, War on the Rocks, and the Interpreter.
Prior to his scholarly career, Mr. Tarapore served in the Australian Defence Department in a variety of analytic, management, and liaison positions, which included a diplomatic posting to the Australian Embassy in Washington, D.C. He holds a PhD in war studies from King's College London, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and a BA (Hons) from the University of New South Wales.
Ashley J. Tellis is the Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He has also served as Research Director of the Strategic Asia Program at the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) and co-editor of the program's annual volume since 2004. While on assignment to the U.S. Department of State as senior adviser to the undersecretary of state for political affairs, Dr. Tellis was intimately involved in negotiating the civil nuclear agreement with India. Previously, he was commissioned into the Foreign Service and served as senior adviser to the ambassador at the U.S. embassy in New Delhi. He also served on the U.S. National Security Council staff as special assistant to President George W. Bush and senior director for strategic planning and Southwest Asia. Prior to his government service, Dr. Tellis was a senior policy analyst at the RAND Corporation and professor of policy analysis at the RAND Graduate School. He is the author of Striking Asymmetries: Nuclear Transitions in Southern Asia (2022), Balancing Without Containment: An American Strategy for Managing China (2014), and India's Emerging Nuclear Posture (2001); the co-author of Interpreting China's Grand Strategy: Past, Present, and Future (2000); and the co-editor of Getting India Back on Track (2014). He holds a PhD in political science from the University of Chicago.
Job Titles:
- Fellow
- Director of Foreign Policy
Ashley Townshend is Director of Foreign Policy and Defence at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. He works on international security and strategic affairs with a focus on the Indo-Pacific, including regional alliances and partnerships, maritime security, defence policy, and US, Chinese, and Australian strategy. Ashley is also the founding convenor and co-chair of the US-Australia Indo-Pacific Deterrence Dialogue and a lecturer in the Centre's postgraduate program. A frequent contributor to the Australian and international media, Ashley's analysis has appeared in outlets such as the Financial Times, CNN, the Australian Financial Review, Bloomberg, ABC, and Sky News.
Previously, Ashley has held research and teaching positions in the Alliance 21 Program at the United States Studies Centre, the International Security Program at the Lowy Institute for International Policy, the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, the Center for Asia-Pacific Cooperation and Governance at Fudan University, the Warrior-Scholar Project at Yale University, the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University, and Pacific Friends of the Global Fund. He completed his studies at the University of Oxford, Peking University, Sciences Po, Paris, and the University of Sydney where he received the University Medal.
Astha Gupta has extensively worked in India's renewable energy sector for eight years. She is currently an India consultant for the International Energy Agency (IEA) where she focuses on clean energy transitions in India and other South Asian countries. Her role primarily involves enhancing cooperation, coordination and facilitating IEA's interaction with key Indian Government and non-government stakeholders. She leads the work on clean energy, power sector reforms and electricity security, financing of clean energy transitions, energy data and market analysis for India and contributes to IEA's substantive analysis on India and other South Asian countries.
Prior to this, Ms. Gupta worked at The Energy Resources Institute (TERI), where she focused on renewable energy policy research, decentralized clean energy solutions, preparing roadmap and strategies for clean energy deployment and assessment of bioenergy potential for industrial applications. Her experience related to energy access encompasses electrification in India, co-benefit assessment of reliable energy access and the review of government energy policy and initiatives. During her tenure at TERI, she was responsible for coordinating the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) training program on "Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency" for the government officials representing countries in Asia and Africa. Ms. Astha participated in the 2018 U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) on Renewable Energy and Sustainability. Ms. Gupta completed a master's degree in renewable energy engineering and management in 2013 from TERI School of Advanced Studies in New Delhi.
Job Titles:
- Senior Director
- Senior Director of Events
- Senior Director, Events and Development
- Senior Director, Events and Development / the National Bureau of Asian Research
Audrey Mossberger is Senior Director of Events and Development at NBR.
As Senior Director of Events, Ms. Mossberger oversees the organization, planning, logistics, and execution of NBR events in the Washington, D.C., area and overseas, working closely with the Trade, Economics, and Energy Affairs, and Political & Security Affairs groups.
Prior to joining NBR, Ms. Mossberger spent nearly four years supporting operations at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, one of five Department of Defense regional centers. In this capacity, she managed logistics and day-to-day processes for countless programs, many in support of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, State Department, and U.S. Central Command. Previously she worked as a consultant for the Arkansas chapter of Americans for Prosperity, overseeing the coordination of state-wide events targeting economic policy. Ms. Mossberger holds a BA in Political Science with a minor in History from the University of Arkansas.
Ben Frohman is a Professional Staff Member focused on national security issues in the United States House of Representatives. He is also Research Director for the NBR-U.S. Indo-Pacific Command annual conference on China's People's Liberation Army.
Frohman previously served as Chief of Strategy and Policy at Exovera, LLC, where he directed outreach to government clients and led analysis on the People's Republic of China's grand strategy, leadership decision-making, and military capabilities.
Prior to joining Exovera, Frohman was the Director for Security and Foreign Affairs at the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC), a bipartisan body established by Congress to advise the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives on China policy issues. He also served in the U.S. Department of Defense from 2011-2018, where he focused on East Asian military and foreign policy issues. From 2012-2013, Frohman deployed to Afghanistan where he supported the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) command responsible for training the Afghan National Security Forces.
Frohman is currently studying for a master's degree in government from Harvard University's School of Extension Studies. He graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. Frohman speaks, reads, and writes fluent Chinese. Frohman is a Nonresident Fellow at the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR).
Benjamin Herscovitch is a Research Fellow in the School of Regulation and Global Governance at the Australian National University (ANU). His primary areas of research are Australia-China relations, China's economic statecraft, and Australian foreign and defense policy. Prior to joining ANU, Dr. Herscovitch was an analyst and policy officer in the Australian Department of Defence, specializing in China's external policy and Australia's defense diplomacy. He was previously a researcher for Beijing- based thank tanks and consultancies.
Job Titles:
- Director of Strategy for Health Business Strategy at Microsoft
- Member of the Board of Advisors at the National Bureau of Asian Research
Benjamin Shobert is a member of the Board of Advisors at the National Bureau of Asian Research.
Mr. Shobert is the Director of Strategy for health business strategy at Microsoft, where he leads strategy engagements with national governments, providers, and the biotech community. Prior to joining Microsoft, he was Founder and Managing Director of Seattle-based Rubicon Strategy Group, a boutique consulting firm that specializes in market access work in China's healthcare, life science, and senior care industries. In 2013, Rubicon completed the first syndicated research report on Myanmar's healthcare system. For six years, Mr. Shobert wrote a column for the Asia Times on U.S.-China trade and economic policy, with a particular focus on how relations between the two countries were affected after the 2008 financial crisis. His latest book, Blaming China: It Might Feel Good but It Won't Fix America's Economy, explores the future of U.S.-China economic and political relations.
Job Titles:
- Fellow
- Nonresident Fellow
Blaine Johnson serves as a Nonresident Fellow at NBR in her personal capacity. Her research interests include energy innovation and decarbonization; PRC overseas economic activities and climate impact; Taiwan's democratic governance and resilience to political, economic, and security risks; sanctions in response to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) human rights violations; and the CCP's role in global governance and proliferation of authoritarianism.
Johnson's professional experience includes roles as an energy advisor for the U.S. Agency for International Development, as a management consultant in the Federal and Climate & Sustainability practice areas of the Boston Consulting Group, and as the China and Asia Policy Analyst on the National Security and International Policy team at the Center for American Progress (CAP). At CAP, Johnson conducted research on PRC energy and technology sector policies to develop strategy and policy recommendations for the U.S. government, co-authoring publications on Beijing's global governance ambitions, Taiwan, and opportunities for U.S.-China energy and environmental cooperation.
Johnson holds a master's degree in public administration from Fudan University's School of International Relations and Public Affairs and a bachelor's degree in anthropology and Mandarin from Dartmouth College. She is an alumna of the U.S. Department of State's Critical Language Scholarship for Mandarin. Also in her personal capacity, Johnson chairs Young Professionals in Foreign Policy's Chinese Language Discussion Group to help members hone their professional Mandarin language skills and subject matter vocabulary. Johnson is a Nonresident Fellow at the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)
Job Titles:
- Technical Advisory Council
Brigitte M. Allen spent over fourteen years working at NBR. As Senior Vice President for Institutional Development, she was instrumental to NBR's growth and success. She remained an integral part of the institution until her death of lung cancer on Tuesday, April 7, 2009. She was 49 years old.
She is survived by her beloved husband, Steven Allen; their son, Benjamin; Steve's son, Daniel; her mother Elisabeth; and her brother Cees and his family.
In 1994, after she, husband Steve, and son Ben had moved to McChord Air Force Base in Washington State, Brigitte began her career at NBR. Brigitte built relationships with U.S. corporations and foundations and coordinated fundraising activities for NBR's endowments, research programs, and services. She served as secretary to the board of directors and played a central role in board relations and development. Without her dedication, imagination, and persistence, some of NBR's most enduring legacies—the Pyle Center for Northeast Asian Studies, the Shalikashvili Chair in National Security Studies, and of course our new home, George F. Russell Jr. Hall—would never have been achieved.
Above and beyond all these accomplishments, Brigitte cared deeply about the people, values and culture of NBR, on which she had profound influence. Brigitte left a special, handwritten note of thanks to NBR Board of Directors Chairman George Russell, who has inspired NBR staff to reach higher. Brigitte is now herself an inspiration to us, and we hold her in our thoughts and prayers as we begin the next stage of our journey.
While Brigitte loved flowers, her preference was that all memorial gifts be sent to NBR where flowers will forever bloom in a garden on the rooftop of NBR's new home, rightly named the Brigitte M. Gort-Allen Garden.
Onno Gort (1962–2010), brother of Brigitte Gort-Allen, was a founding member of NBR's technical advisory council and later served on NBR's advisory board. Onno became involved with NBR through Brigitte, and over the years he provided hundreds of hours of technical and strategic counsel to NBR's IT and executive teams.
Job Titles:
- Representative
- Counselor for the National Bureau of Asian Research
Charlene Barshefsky is a Counselor for the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR). She served as United States Trade Representative from 1997 to 2001. She is a partner at the law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. She is Chair of Parkside Global Advisors, which helps clients navigate trade, investment and geo-political headwinds.
Charles W. Brady served on NBR's Board of Directors from 1993 to 2019. Mr. Brady was Chairman Emeritus of the board of Invesco, Ltd., one of the world's largest independent global investment managers. Operating through its primary brands, AIM, Invesco, and Atlantic Trust, the firm is dedicated to helping people worldwide build their financial security by providing a broad range of high quality investment products with exceptional customer service. Invesco manages $713 billion in assets for individual investors and sophisticated institutions, including governments, corporations, and not-for-profits.
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Mr. Brady graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management. He attended the Advanced Management School at Harvard University.
In 1959, after serving two years in the United States Navy as a reserve officer based in the Mediterranean, Mr. Brady went into the brokerage business. In 1964 he joined a regional bank, establishing the first bank-owned registered investment advisory service in the United States. In 1978 Mr. Brady and eight partners acquired the business and founded Invesco.
In 1988 Mr. Brady merged Invesco with the UK-based Britannia Arrow Corporation and was appointed Deputy Chairman of U.S. operations, and he became Executive Chairman in 1993. Mr. Brady merged Invesco with AIM Management Group in 1997, creating one of the first truly global retail and institutional asset managers. Under Mr. Brady's executive chairmanship, Invesco continued to gain leadership positions in key markets around the world, expanding its investment management capabilities for clients.
A resident of Atlanta, Mr. Brady was active in local charities and community organizations. He was a trustee of the Georgia Tech Foundation, a member of the Advisory Board for the Scheller College of Business at Georgia Tech, a former member of the Board of Councilors for the Carter Center, and a former member of the Executive Board of Russell 20-20.
Job Titles:
- Fellow
- Associate Director at Rhodium Group
Charlie Vest is an Associate Director at Rhodium Group, an independent economic research firm, where he manages research and advisory work on China. His areas of focus include China's growth trajectory and reform outlook and assessing the economic impacts of domestic and external crises on international businesses and the global economy.
Prior to joining Rhodium, Vest worked in Beijing as Research Manager for the China Energy Storage Alliance, a clean energy trade association. Charlie holds a master's degree in Chinese economic and political affairs from UC San Diego and a bachelor's degree in international affairs from Colorado State University. Vest is a Nonresident Fellow at the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR).
Job Titles:
- Advisor
- the National Bureau of Asian Research
Clara Gillispie is an Advisor to the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR). She also serves as the official U.S. delegate to the Energy Research Institute Network, an East Asia Summit-linked network whose inputs are designed to inform the formal East Asia Summit process.
Ms. Gillispie's subject-matter expertise covers topics ranging from technology policymaking to energy security to technology policymaking to geopolitical trends in the Asia-Pacific. She is the author of numerous policy essays and reports, including "South Korea's 5G Ambitions" (2020), "U.S.-Australia Energy Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific" (2020), and "How Asia's Auto Boom Shapes Its Energy Security Strategies" (co-authored with Laura Schwartz, 2019). Ms. Gillispie is regularly called on to directly brief her research and analysis to U.S. and Asian government officials, senior industry representatives, and the media, including the New York Times, Washington Post, and NPR's Marketplace. Her current research at the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy focuses on the country's efforts to combat online misinformation about public health.
Previously, Ms. Gillispie served as a Senior Director for Trade, Economic, and Energy Affairs at NBR. She was also a 2021 Visiting International Fellow at the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, a 2020 International Visiting Fellow at the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, a 2019-20 Council on Foreign Relations' International Affairs Fellow at Carnegie India, and a 2017-18 SAFE Energy Security Fellow.
Earlier, Ms. Gillispie worked for the U.S. House Committee on Science, Technology, and Space; Detica Federal Inc. (now a part of BAE Systems); and the American Chamber of Commerce in China. Ms. Gillispie graduated from the London School of Economics and Peking University with a dual MSc in International Affairs. Prior to her graduate studies, she received a BS from Georgetown University and attended Sophia University in Tokyo for language training.
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- Fellow
- Research Fellow at the University of Leeds
Clare Richardson-Barlow is a Research Fellow at the University of Leeds where she examines industrial decarbonisation from a political economy perspective and teaches on Asia-Pacific political economy topics. Clare is an interdisciplinary social scientist whose research and teaching explores energy policy, political economy, and energy governance. Dr. Richardson-Barlow has over 10 years' experience researching and working as a political economist with a focus on energy transitions and climate compatible development in the Asia-Pacific, Europe, and North America. Most recently she was awarded a British Academy grant for exploring just energy transitions in the Asia-Pacific, with a focus on disturbed energy systems in ASEAN.
Prior to joining the University of Leeds Dr. Richardson-Barlow worked for many years at internationally focused policy research organisations in Washington, D.C., including the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) and the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS). As Assistant Director for Trade, Economic & Energy Affairs at NBR Dr. Richardson-Barlow oversaw a global network of authors & contributors and managed contracts and projects focused on bridging the gap between energy consumption and economic development.
Dr. Richardson-Barlow currently serves as a Non-Resident Fellow for NBR where she provides expertise related to energy policy, energy transitions, and the political economy of decarbonisation.
Dr. Richardson-Barlow has contributed to three book publications and multiple policy briefs, reports and articles written on energy and trade topics. She regularly works with international research organisations to provide expertise at the intersection of climate, development, and energy policy. In this capacity she frequently engages with government and media on cross-sector issues related to global energy transitions and has been featured in The Economist, the Wall Street Journal, and the Diplomat, among other publications.
Dr. Richardson-Barlow holds a PhD in sustainability research and East Asian studies from the University of Leeds. She has an MA in International Development and Public Policy from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, and she holds a BA in Politics and Chinese from Pacific University in Oregon, USA.
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- Co - Founder of No Labels
- Member of the Board of Advisors at the National Bureau of Asian Research 's Board
Clarine has been named a Government Relations Trailblazer by The National Law Journal in recognition of her path-breaking career in government affairs and public service. Additionally, the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General established The Clarine Nardi Riddle Award for Outstanding Leadership, which recognizes an employee of the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General who has demonstrated the highest ideals of leadership, including professional integrity, diplomacy and superior strategic decision-making skills. Clarine was awarded a 2020 Women, Influence & Power in Law Award for Lifetime Achievement by Corporate Counsel. She was also honored with the Indiana University Bicentennial Medal, which recognizes organizations and individuals who have broadened the reach of Indiana University. Clarine was awarded Connecticut History Maker by The U.S. Department of Labor and the Women's Bureau & Permanent Commission on Status of Women; Woman of the Year by The Greater Hartford Federation of Business & Professional Women's Clubs; the Award of Merit by The Connecticut Bar Association; Doctor of Humane Letters by Saint Joseph College, Hartford, Connecticut; and the Annual Award for Contributions to Women and the Law in Connecticut by The Hartford Association of Women Attorneys.
Clarine is an active co-founder of No Labels, an organization of Republicans, Democrats and Independents, whose mission is to move America from the old politics of point-scoring toward a new politics of problem-solving. Clarine is also an appointed member of the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., a non-profit, non-partisan corporation established to reflect the unique and critical role that Washington plays in the national and world economies. Additionally, she serves as Chairperson on the Indiana University Maurer School of Law Center for Constitutional Democracy Advisory Board, the Board of Advisors to the National Bureau of Asian Research, the Board of Trustees and Counsel of the Center for Excellence in Education, the Board of Directors of the National Campaign to Stop Violence, and the Connecticut Bar Association Gender Bias in the Profession Committee. She is also a member of the Connecticut Judicial Department's Executive Committee, CT Chief Justice's Task Force on Gender: Justice and the Courts, YWCA of the USA National Nominating Committee, and Indiana University Bloomington School of Law Board of Visitors and School Alumni Association.
Congressman Boustany was an acknowledged leader in the areas of trade policy, international tax policy, energy policy, and foreign policy in the U.S. House of Representatives. He co-chaired the U.S.-China Working Group, the U.S.-Japan Caucus, and the Friends of TPP Caucus. Congressman Boustany was a very early promoter of U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas and crude oil.
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- Professor & Dean Emerita / National War College
Cynthia A. Watson is Professor & Dean Emerita at the National War College.
Dr. Watson joined the Faculty of the National War College in August 1992, serving as Dean of Faculty & Academic Programs from March 2018 through July 2021 when she assumed the Interim Provost position. She taught across the curriculum and served in academic leadership roles across the College over her twenty-nine years there. Dr. Watson earned a MA from the London School of Economics, and a PhD from the University of Notre Dame. Her undergraduate alma mater, University of MissouriKansas City, honored her as Alumna of the Year in 2011. Dr. Watson has served on the Governing Boards of a number of professional organizations and the Editorial Board of Third World Quarterly. She is a Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, and the Society for Military History. Her first edition (2002) of U.S. National Security received CHOICE's designation as a Book of the Year. Other publications include and Nation-Building, U.S. Military Service, Military Education, US National Security (2nd edition), Political Role of the Military (co-edited with Constantine Danopoulos), Interest Groups in National Security, and Geographic Combatant Commands. Dr. Watson has functional expertise in curriculum development; economic/political history; strategic foundations; and professional military education. She is also an expert in the Asia-Pacific and Latin American regions.
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- Senior Managing Director at Ankura Consulting, Lea
Dana W. White is Senior Managing Director at Ankura Consulting, leading the Global Strategic Advisory Group. She is also a member of the National Bureau of Asian Research's Board of Advisors.
Prior to this she was the chief communications officer of Hyundai Motor North America where she was responsible for leading all regional communications and public relations strategy for Hyundai Motor North America, Hyundai Motor America, Genesis Motor America and Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama as well as the office of Corporate Social Responsibility, Diversity and General Affairs in coordination with other affiliates including Hyundai Capital, Glovis and the Hyundai Washington D.C. office.
White most recently led a consulting firm specializing in geopolitical risk and strategic communications, where she was an advisor to CEOs of Global Fortune 500 companies, U.S. senators, governors and senior U.S. military officers. She is also a member of the National Bureau of Asian Research's Board of Advisors.
Ms. White also served as the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs and the Chief Pentagon Spokesperson for the Department of Defense and Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis. She provided strategic guidance to all branches of the U.S. Armed Services, Combatant Commands and senior civilian leaders. In addition, she was the Director of Policy and Strategic Communications for the Renault-Nissan Alliance in Paris, France. She was a Professional Staff Member on the Armed Services Committee of the United States Senate, and an editorial writer for the Wall Street Journal based in Hong Kong. White served as the Taiwan Country Director in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and Director of the Washington Roundtable for Asia-Pacific Press at the Heritage Foundation. She was a publicist at the Fox News Channel in Washington, D.C. and served as deputy press secretary on the U.S. House Republican Conference.
White graduated from the University of Chicago with a degree in East Asian Languages & Civilizations. She studied at Capital University of Economics and Business in Beijing, China and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, South Korea. She is proficient in Mandarin Chinese and French and possesses basic proficiency in Korean.
Job Titles:
- Fellow for the George Washington University Institute for Korean Studies
Darcie Draudt is a postdoctoral Fellow for the George Washington University Institute for Korean Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs, nonresident fellow at the Korea Economic Institute, and nonresident fellow at the National Bureau of Asian Research. A political scientist and foreign policy analyst, Dr. Draudt publishes broadly on South and North Korean domestic politics, social issues, and foreign policy, inter-Korean relations, and US-Korea policy.
In 2021, Dr. Draudt was named one of the Next Generation Korea Peninsula Specialists at the National Committee on American Foreign Policy. She previously was a visiting scholar at the Yonsei University Department of Political Science and a Korea Foundation dissertation fieldwork fellow. She was also a research associate for Korea Studies and the Program on US-Korea Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonresident James A. Kelly Korean Studies fellow at Pacific Forum, and a field researcher for the International Organization for Migration Research and Training Center in South Korea. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the Johns Hopkins University, an MA in Korean Studies from the Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies, and an AB with Honors in Anthropology from Davidson College. Dr. Draudt lived in Seoul from 2008 through 2013.
Draudt's research has been published in the Washington Quarterly, Citizenship Studies, the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, and the Korean Journal of Unification Studies. Her analysis has been featured in major news outlets including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Financial Times, Voice of America, CBNC, Deutsche Welle, and Bloomberg News. A full list of her academic and policy publications can be found here. You can follow here on Twitter @darciedraudt.
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- Senior Lecturer in the School of Politics and International
Darren J. Lim is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations at the Australian National University. His major research interests focus on geoeconomics (including economic coercion and technology competition), grand strategy in the context of power transitions and international order, and the Indo-Pacific region. He also hosts a podcast on Australian foreign policy called Australia in the World. Dr. Lim received his PhD from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Initially trained in law and economics, he previously worked as associate to the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, a corporate lawyer, and a researcher at the International Crisis Group.
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David Gitter is a PhD student at Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) and the founder and principal of Erelas LLC, where he leads specialized research of Indo-Pacific affairs to inform public and private sector stakeholders. In his former role as president of the Center for Advanced China Research from 2016 to 2023, he focused his research on developing systems and methods for stakeholders and specialists to understand political messaging disseminated by the People's Republic of China. At SPIA, David dedicates himself to investing in his subject-matter knowledge and research competencies in deterrence messaging and practice, coercive diplomacy, great power rivalry, and other topics relevant to U.S.-China competition and co-existence.
David previously worked in various analytical capacities in the private, public, and non-profit sectors, including the U.S. Congressional Research Service (CRS), the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (OUSDP), and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), focusing on Chinese foreign policy and broader Asian security issues. David received his MA in Asian studies from the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University, where he subsequently oversaw the establishment of the David A. Gitter Endowment for Contemporary China Studies, a $1 million fund to train the next generation of contemporary China experts through Mandarin language immersion in China and graduate-level coursework. He has lived, worked, and studied in Beijing, China and has working proficiency in Mandarin. David is a Nonresident Fellow at the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR).
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- Member of the Board of Advisors at the National Bureau of Asian Research
David M. Lampton is a member of the Board of Advisors at the National Bureau of Asian Research.
He is Professor Emeritus and former Hyman Professor and Director of SAIS-China and China Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, having also served as Dean of Faculty from 2004-2012. Formerly President of the National Committee on United States-China Relations, he is the author of many books, including Following the Leader: Ruling China, from Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping (University of California Press, 2019) and The Three Faces of Chinese Power: Might, Money, and Minds (University of California Press, 2008), with prior publications appearing in: Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The American Political Science Review, The China Quarterly, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and many other venues popular and academic in both the western world and in Chinese speaking societies. He received his BA, MA, and PhD degrees from Stanford University. Dr. Lampton headed the China Studies programs at the American Enterprise Institute and at The Nixon Center (now The Center for National Interest), having previously worked at the National Academy of Sciences and having started his teaching career at Ohio State University. He has an honorary doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Far Eastern Studies, is an Honorary Senior Fellow of the American Studies Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, was the inaugural winner of the Scalapino Prize in July 2010 awarded by the National Bureau of Asian Research and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and is a Gilman Scholar at Johns Hopkins. He consults with government, business, foundations, and is on the board of several non-governmental and educational organizations, including the Executive Committee of the National Committee on US-China Relations and Colorado College's Board of Trustees. He was a fireman at Stanford University in his undergraduate days and was in the enlisted and officer ranks of the US Army Reserve.
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- Member of the Board of Advisors at the National Bureau of Asian Research
David Shambaugh is a member of the Board of Advisors at the National Bureau of Asian Research.
He is an internationally recognized authority and award-winning author on contemporary China and the international relations of Asia.
He currently is the Gaston Sigur Professor of Asian Studies, Political Science & International Affairs, and the founding Director of the China Policy Program in the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. From 1996-2015 he was also a Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at The Brookings Institution. Professor Shambaugh was previously Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, and Reader in Chinese Politics at the University of London's School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), 1987-1996, where he also served as Editor of The China Quarterly (1991-1996). He has served on the Board of Directors of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, Advisory Board of the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), and is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, U.S. Asia-Pacific Council, and other public policy and scholarly organizations.
He has been selected for numerous awards and grants, including as a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a Senior Scholar by the Phi Beta Kappa Society, and a Senior Fulbright Scholar (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences). He has received research grants from the Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Smith Richardson Foundation, German Marshall Fund, British Academy, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and has been a visiting scholar or professor at universities in Australia, China, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Russia, Singapore, and Taiwan. An active public intellectual and frequent commentator in the international media, he serves on numerous editorial boards, and has been a consultant to governments, research institutions, foundations, universities, corporations, banks, and investment funds. He is also a member of the National Bureau of Asian Research's Board of Advisors.
As an author, Professor Shambaugh has published more than 30 books, including most recently China's Leaders: From Mao to Now (2021); Where Great Powers Meet: America & China in Southeast Asia (2021); and China & the World (2020). His China's Future was selected by The Economist first on the list of "Best Books of the Year" (2016), and his China Goes Global: The Partial Power (2013) was also selected by The Economist, Foreign Affairs, and Bloomberg News as one of the "Best Books of the Year" and was runner-up for the Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Prize. Other books include The China Reader: Rising Power (2016); Tangled Titans: The United States and China (2012, selected by Choice as a "Best Academic Book of the Year"); China's Communist Party: Atrophy & Adaptation (2008); and International Relations of Asia (2008, 2014, 2022); Power Shift: China & Asia's New Dynamics (2005); and Modernizing China's Military (2002). He has also authored numerous reports, scholarly articles and chapters, newspaper op-eds, and more than book reviews.
Professor Shambaugh received his B.A. in East Asian Studies from the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, M.A. in International Affairs from Johns Hopkins University Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Michigan. He is reasonably fluent in Chinese, and has some French, German, and Spanish.
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- Director, Administration Executive Assistant to the President
- Is Director, Administration, and Executive Assistant to the President
Deborah T. Cooper is Director, Administration, and Executive Assistant to the President.
As Director, Administration, Mrs. Cooper manages the Washington, D.C. office in all facets of the D.C. activities and initiatives. As Executive Assistant to the President, Mrs. Cooper supports the President of NBR and members of the President's management team, including acting as liaison with the Board of Directors. Mrs. Cooper brings to this position over twenty years of administrative and office support experience.
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- Member of the Board of Advisors
- Professor
Dr. Bates Gill is a member of the Board of Advisors at the National Bureau of Asian Research and Professor of Asia-Pacific Security Studies and Chair of the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.
He has a 30-year global career as a scholar, institution-builder, policy advisor, consultant, and board director, with a particular focus on Asian and Chinese affairs. Previously he was the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney (2012-2015) and Director and chief executive of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)(2007-2012).
Before joining SIPRI, Dr. Gill held the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C (2002-2007) and served as a Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies and inaugural Director of the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution (1998-2002).
Among his international honors, Dr. Gill holds the Royal Order of the Commander of the Polar Star, the highest award bestowed upon foreigners by the Swedish monarch, for his contributions to Swedish interests. In 2015, he was named a top-ten American China expert by the Chinese Foreign Affairs University. In recognition of his accomplishments, he was inducted into the Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars in 2007.
He is the author, co-author, or co-editor of nine books, including China Matters: Getting it Right for Australia (Black Inc., 2017), Governing the Bomb: Civilian Control and Democratic Accountability of Nuclear Weapons (Oxford University Press, 2010), Asia's New Multilateralism (Columbia University Press, 2009), Rising Star: China's New Security Diplomacy (Brookings, 2007; revised edition 2010; republished in Japanese 2014), and China: The Balance Sheet: What the World Needs to Know Now About the Emerging Superpower (Public Affairs, 2006). His next book, forthcoming with Oxford University Press in 2022, is entitled, Daring to Struggle: China's Global Ambitions Under Xi Jinping.
Dr. Gill received his Ph.D. in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia.
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- Department of State ( Ret. )
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- Chairman Emeritus, Russell Investments
Gulshan Sachdeva is a Professor and Jean Monnet Chair at the Centre for European Studies in the School of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. He is also coordinator in the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence and the editor of the book series Europe- Asia Connectivity (Palgrave Macmillan). Between 2016 and 2021, he was editor-in-chief of the journal International Studies. He headed the Asian Development Bank and Asia Foundation projects on regional cooperation at the Afghanistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul. He was also consultant with the International Labour Organization. Dr. Sachdeva has been Indian Council of Cultural Relations Chair on Contemporary India at the University of Leuven, as well as visiting professor at the University of Antwerp, University of Trento, University of Amsterdam, Autonomous University of Barcelona, University of Warsaw, Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona), Mykolas Romeris University (Vilnius), Corvinus University of Budapest, Institute of Oriental Studies (Almaty), and Institute of Oriental Studies (Moscow). He has contributed more than one hundred research papers in academic journals and edited books. Some of his recent publications include Challenges in Europe: Indian Perspectives (2019) and India in a Reconnecting Eurasia (2016). He holds a PhD in economics from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest.
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- Principal of Jones & Jones Architects
The garden was designed by world-renowned landscape architect Ilze Jones, a founding Principal of Jones & Jones Architects, Landscape Architects, and Planners of Seattle. See photos of Brigitte's Garden below.
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- Chairman at the Centre for European Studies
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- Senior Accounting Specialist
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- Vice President, Finance and Operations
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- Project Manager / NextGen
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- Managing Editor of Asia Policy
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- Chairman
- Chairman in National Security Studies
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- Chairman / Regional President ( Ret. )
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- Founder & Partner / Ignition Partners
Clarine is Counsel, Kasowitz Benson Torres, LLP, Chair of the firm's Government Affairs and Strategic Counsel Practice Group and former United States Senate Chief of Staff to Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, draws on her insider's perspective of the legislative and judicial systems to provide legal, strategic and policy advice to national and international clients on matters at the intersection of law, business and public policy.
Kristin Vekasi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and the School of Policy and International Affairs at the University of Maine. Her research focuses on trade and investment strategies in changing geopolitical environments and the political risk management of supply chains. Dr. Vekasi specializes in Northeast Asia and has spent years conducting research in China, Japan, and South Korea. Her book Risk Management Strategies of Japanese Companies in China (2019) explores how Japanese multinational corporations mitigate political risk in China. Her current research examines how Japan, China, and the United States cooperate and compete to manage complex supply chains in Southeast Asia, focusing on industries essential for the transition to green energy. Dr. Vekasi is a member of the Mansfield Foundation's U.S.-Japan Network for the Future and was a 2019 National Asia Research Program Fellow with the National Bureau of Asian Research, where she is currently a nonresident fellow. In 2021-22, she was an academic associate at the Harvard University U.S.-Japan Program. She received her PhD in political science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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- Vice Chair / General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Asia Pacific
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- Chairman, President, and CEO / Pragmatics, Inc.
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- Kingswood Capital Solutions
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- President / Melody Meyer Energy LLC
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- Executive Vice President
- Executive Vice President at the National Bureau of Asian Research
Michael Wills is Executive Vice President at the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR). He manages all aspects of NBR's financial and business operations and serves as secretary to the Board of Directors. His research expertise includes geopolitics, international security, and the international relations of Asia, with a particular interest in China's relations with Southeast Asia. Mr. Wills is a co-editor of thirteen Strategic Asia volumes as well as New Security Challenges in Asia (2013, with Robert M. Hathaway). Before joining NBR, he worked at the Cambodia Development Resource Institute in Phnom Penh, and prior to that with Control Risks Group, an international political and security risk management firm, in London. He holds a BA (Honors) in Chinese studies from the University of Oxford.
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- Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy ( Ret. )
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- Project Manager / Political and Security Affairs
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- Principal / M Barnet Advisors LLC
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- Chairman of the Board
- Chief Executive Officer
- Treasurer
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- Observer Research Foundation
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- President Emeritus and Counselor ( in Residence )
- President Emeritus and Counselor ( in Residence ) the National Bureau of Asian Research
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- President
- President / the National Bureau of Asian Research
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- Director / Communications and Brand Development
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- Founder and Chair of the Center for Asia - Pacific Resilience
Syaru Shirley Lin is Founder and Chair of the Center for Asia-Pacific Resilience and Innovation, Research Professor at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, Adjunct Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and a Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution. Previously, she was a partner at Goldman Sachs, responsible for private equity investments in Asia and led the first round of institutional investments in Alibaba and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation. She currently serves as a director of Langham Hospitality Investments, Goldman Sachs Asia Bank, TE Connectivity, and MediaTek. Dr. Lin is the author of Taiwan's China Dilemma: Contested Identities and Multiple Interests in Taiwan's Cross-Strait Economic Policy (2016), which was also published in Chinese (2019). She is currently writing a book about economies in the Asia-Pacific caught in the high-income trap, facing problems such as inequality, demographic decline, financialization, climate change, political polarization, and inadequate policy and technological innovation. She earned an MA in international public affairs and a PhD in politics and public administration at the University of Hong Kong and graduated cum laude from Harvard College.
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- Vice Chair / Partner ( Ret. )
Ms. Ma previously served as the Director of Political & Security Affairs at NBR, where she directed program management and project development for the Political and Security Affairs team. In addition, she served as the Project Lead for several initiatives, including the People's Liberation Army Conference, U.S.-China Relations in Strategic Domains, Asia Maritime Security, Mapping Pakistan's Security Dynamics, and Approaching Critical Mass: Asia's Multipolar Nuclear Future.
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- Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel / Microsoft
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- JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Victor A. Ferguson is a JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo. He studies issues at the intersection of international political economy, global governance, and international security. He received his PhD from the School of Politics and International Relations at the Australian National University's Research School of Social Sciences.
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- Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced
Vikram Nehru is Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and Honorary Fellow in Exeter College, Oxford University. Between 2016 and 2023, he was distinguished practitioner-in-residence at SAIS, where he taught courses on political economy and development economics with a focus on East, South, and Southeast Asia. Between 2011 and 2016, he served as the chair in Southeast Asian Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, Dr. Nehru worked at the World Bank, including in a number of senior management positions. His last position there was chief economist and director for poverty reduction, economic management, and private and financial sector development for East Asia and the Pacific. In this capacity, he advised East Asian governments on economic and governance issues, including macroeconomic management, public sector and public financial management, financial and private sector development, sovereign debt management and debt restructuring, and poverty reduction. His articles have appeared in numerous journals, he has contributed to several books, and he has written many op-eds for leading newspapers, journals, and think tanks.
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- the National Bureau of Asian Research
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- Department of State ( Ret. )
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- Associate Professor of Chinese Foreign
William J. Norris is an Associate Professor of Chinese Foreign and Security Policy in the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, where he leads the school's Economic Statecraft Program and supervises the China Studies concentration. His broad research interests include international relations of East Asia, business- government relations, Chinese foreign and security policy, grand strategy, and international relations theory, particularly the strategic relationship between economics and national security. He earned his PhD from the Security Studies Program in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University, concentrating in economics and politics.
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- Professor in the Graduate School of International
Yul Sohn is a Professor in the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) and the Underwood International College at Yonsei University and President of the East Asia Institute in Seoul. He served as president of the Korean Association of International Studies in 2019. He also served as dean of the GSIS from 2012 to 2016 and president of the Association for Contemporary Japanese Studies in 2012. Before joining the faculty at Yonsei, Dr. Sohn taught at Chung-Ang University and was a visiting scholar at the University of Tokyo, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and the University of California-Berkeley. He also was a senior fellow of the Fulbright Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Japan Foundation, and Waseda University's Institute for Advanced Studies. Dr. Sohn currently serves as a policy adviser for South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Northeast Asian History Foundation, and the Korea Foundation. He has written extensively on East Asian international relations, Japanese and East Asian political economy, and public diplomacy. He received his PhD in political science from the University of Chicago.