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David Byrd
Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Bryan Clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Ezra Cohen
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Jack David
Senior Fellow and Trustee
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Garrett Exner
Adjunct Fellow
Douglas J. Feith
Senior Fellow
Jamie Fly
Senior Fellow
Hillel Fradkin
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World
Mike Gallagher
Distinguished Fellow
Nikki R. Haley
Walter P. Stern Chair
Husain Haqqani
Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
Taro Hayashi
Japan Chair Fellow (Nonresident)
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative
Arthur Herman
Senior Fellow
Jonathan Hessen
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Jun Isomura
Senior Fellow
Komei Isozaki
Japan Chair Fellow
Daniel Kochis
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Marshall Kosloff
Media Fellow
Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr.
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John Lee
Senior Fellow
Liel Leibovitz
Senior Fellow
Tod Lindberg
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William Luti
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Aaron MacLean
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Mario Mancuso
Visiting Senior Fellow
Paul Marshall
Senior Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom
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Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on American Energy Security
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Walter Russell Mead
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Joshua Meservey
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Tim Morrison
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Masashi Murano
Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
Satoru Nagao
Fellow (Nonresident)
Aparna Pande
Research Fellow, India and South Asia
Dan Patt
Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
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Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
Joel Rayburn
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Peter Rough
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Jonathan Schachter
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William Schneider
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Abram N. Shulsky
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Robert Spalding
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Nury Turkel
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