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David Feith
Senior Fellow
Mike Gallagher
Distinguished Fellow
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
H.R. McMaster
Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
Liselotte Odgaard
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Steven Quay
Senior Fellow
Michael Sobolik
Senior Fellow
Miles Yu
Senior Fellow and Director, China Center
