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Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Bill Drexel
Senior Fellow
Garrett Exner
Adjunct Fellow
David Feith
Senior Fellow
Mike Gallagher
Distinguished Fellow
Taro Hayashi
Japan Chair Fellow (Nonresident)
Charles Horner
Senior Fellow
Jason Hsu
Senior Fellow
Komei Isozaki
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Melanie Kirkpatrick
Senior Fellow
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Pinshan Lai
Research Associate, Asia-Pacific Security Chair
H.R. McMaster
Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
Satoru Nagao
Fellow (Nonresident)
Liselotte Odgaard
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
James J. Przystup
Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
Steven Quay
Senior Fellow
Kotaro Shiojiri
Fellow (Nonresident)
Mark Siegel
Adjunct Fellow
Michael Sobolik
Senior Fellow
Robert Spalding
Senior Fellow
Paul Sracic
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Koichiro Takagi
Japan Chair Fellow (Nonresident)
Iku Tsujihiro
Research Associate
Riley Walters
Senior Fellow
Kenneth R. Weinstein
Japan Chair
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
Jung Yeop Woo
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Miles Yu
Senior Fellow and Director, China Center
