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Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
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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
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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
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Adjunct Fellow
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Senior Fellow
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Senior Fellow
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Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World
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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
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Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
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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
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Japan Chair, Hudson Institute
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Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
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