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Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
![bryan_clark](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-10/bryan_clark.png?h=d3b079f4&itok=2jtmlee3)
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
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Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
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Adjunct Fellow
![patrick-cronin](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-10/patrick_cronin.jpg?h=49010dfb&itok=e6UPI6Lk)
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
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Senior Fellow and Trustee
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Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
![Exner](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-06/exner%2016%209.jpeg?h=91abf286&itok=XJ51tqWf)
Adjunct Fellow
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Senior Fellow
![Jamie Fly](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/jamiefly2_0.png?h=6dff888f&itok=UBKvQIY-)
Senior Fellow
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Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World
![mike_gallagher](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-05/mike_gallagher_hudson.png?h=e7c05da7&itok=i3PLyisB)
Distinguished Fellow
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Walter P. Stern Chair
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Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
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Japan Chair Fellow (Nonresident)
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Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative
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Senior Fellow
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Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
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Senior Fellow
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Japan Chair Fellow
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Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
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Media Fellow
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Senior Fellow
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Senior Fellow
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Senior Fellow
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Senior Fellow
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Adjunct Fellow
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Senior Fellow
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Visiting Senior Fellow
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Senior Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom
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Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on American Energy Security
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Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
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Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
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Senior Fellow
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Senior Fellow
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Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
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Fellow (Nonresident)
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Research Fellow, India and South Asia
![dan_patt](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-10/dan_patt.jpg?h=3a62bb00&itok=vWa8NoZx)
Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
![james_przystup](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-10/james_przystup.jpg?h=295cb940&itok=kq05wT6F)
Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
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Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
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Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
![jonathan_schachter](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-10/jonathan_schachter.jpg?h=ab4e2081&itok=wYoqD5Ey)
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
![william_schneider](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-10/william_schneider.jpg?h=1244143a&itok=0raXpt7N)
Senior Fellow
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Senior Fellow
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Senior Fellow
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Japan Chair Fellow (Nonresident)
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Research Associate
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Senior Fellow
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President and CEO
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Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
![kenneth-weinstein](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-09/kenneth_weinstein.jpg?h=eca70437&itok=dkjph7AI)
Japan Chair, Hudson Institute
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Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
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