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