Young Leaders meet Secretary John Kerry

In this issue: Mike Calistro shares his Critical Language Scholarship

experience in Indonesia, and Amy Chang writes about US-China relations.

17 SEPTEMBER 2014CONNECTIONSYoung Leader

ContentsYoung Leaders Program DirectorNicole Forrester

Graphic Design and LayoutJoni Lynne Celiz

Additional Photos Critical Language Scholarship Photos, Mike Calistro APSF Group Photo, Chang Yu-Hsuan Singapore YL Chapter, Justin Goldman YLs for Diplomacy, Ren Yuanzhe Success .. Mike McCune via Flickr Hawaii Youth Leadership Council Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard via Flickr Honolulu, Hawaii: August 13 US Department of State via Facebook Handling Office Politics Effectively Vera Mao via blog.nus.edu.sg Flag USA Flag PRC crash via Wikimedia Commons Free illustrative photos, morguefile.com/archive

Article ContributorsJulia CunicoEllise FujiiKerry GershaneckJustin GoldmanJames PlatteRen YuanzheTong Zhao

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2 Directors Message

3 Perspectives 4 Feature YL Publication

5-6 Young Leader Recap 7 Alumni Feature Profile

8 Leadership Advice: On the Pulse

9 What Were Reading

10 Critical Language Scholarship

11 Succeeding in the Workplace

12 Opportunities

13 Congratulations

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Directors Message

On September 2nd, 1945 on the deck of the USS Mis-souri, General Douglas MacArthur, on behalf of the United States and its Allies, ended the war with Japan. Finally, global peace was restored after six hard years of horren-dous battle across many lands. On that day, General Ma-cArthur hoped the world would emerge a better place, one dedicated to freedom, tolerance, and justice.

On this September 2nd, it was my privilege to commemo-rate the 69th anniversary of World War IIs end with a speech aboard the USS Missouri. I was accompanied by Young Lead-ers from the United States, Japan, and Greece, represent-ing our almost 1,000-strong cohort of emerging professionals and scholars in Asia-Pacific international affairs.

I had the opportunity to share our mission to promote understanding and cooperation among all the nations of the Asia-Pacific and their global partners. As future leaders, you work side-by-side with peers from 55 nations from across the region and the globe, coming from the government, military, academic, corporate, and non-profit sectors.

Our Young Leaders goal is to help deliver the regions future peace and security. We, as a group, demonstrate how far the world has come since September 2nd, 1945, as well as how bright, despite recent tensions both in our region and far flung places, the future really is. Today, just as MacArthur had hoped, we are indeed living in a world more free, more tolerant and more just.

My message to the distinguished audience aboard the USS Missouri was quite simple. We come from many nations, and have different ways of think-ing, but we are far more similar than we are different. We should seek and recognize in others the desires that we all share for ourselves, families, communities and the world, and take comfort in the familiarity of these goals and dreams. While doing this, we should also embrace the value of difference.

We do not need to be the same, or do all things in the same way, to share in the prosperity and peace that is needed to deliver our regions brightest fu-ture. We need to invest not only in your own futures, but also the futures of communities, countries, and the world at large.

This investment doesnt require great financial re-sources. We can do it by developing leadership skills, by being prepared to resolve conflict through coop-eration, by building enduring friendships among peers from across the globe, and seeking out collaborations with people from different places with different ways of thinking. And then, by taking the time to share these ideas with not just the leaders of tomorrow but also with the influencers and decision makers of today.

Through this we may all contribute to the extraor-dinary international cooperation and innovative solu-tions that are needed to solve the complex challenges our region faces.

USMC Band at the 69th anniversary of the end of World War II, on the USS Missouri

YL Program Director Nicole Forrester (center) with resident fellows Jim Platte and Virginia Marantidou

On August 13, five resident Pacific Fo-rum CSIS Fellows attended US Secre-

tary of State John Kerrys speech at the East-West Center. Sitting in a room with University of Hawaii students from around the Asia-Pacific, the fellows listened to Kerry speak about the importance of the Asia-Pacific region and US policy initiatives to ad-dress major issues facing the region. After his main speech, Kerry personally addressed the students and fellows, where he em-phasized the need for re-gional cooperation in re-sponse to Sasakawa Peace Foundation Fellow Tomoko Kiyotas question regard-ing Chinas participation in this years RIMPAC military exercises in Hawaii.

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Are you eager to share your own thoughts on hot-topic issues? Please send your own Perspectives piece for the next edition of the newsletter. Pieces should be 500 words and sent to YoungLeaders@pacforum.org

PerspectivesIn this new section, Perspectives, Young Leaders are encouraged to provide their own perspectives on senior level reports and commentary. This month, resident Pacific Forum CSIS SPF Fellow, James Platte, comments on Secretary of State John Kerrys speech at the East-West Center.

Resident SPF fellow Tomoko Kiyota asks Secretary Kerry a question

US Secretary of State John Kerry

Can America Just Say No to China?

One of Americas clearest and most compelling interests is to develop a positive and constructive U.S.-China relationship.

-John KerrySecretary Kerrys statement at the recent U.S.-China Strategic and

Economic Dialogue (S&ED) is consistent with President Obamas priority for the United States to make a military, diplomatic, and economic rebal-ance to Asia. And while the president and his administration have taken great strides to improve ties with regional partners Japan and Korea and serve as an arbiter of maritime and territorial disputes, the U.S.-China relationship has emerged as the United States highest priority. President Obama said in March 2014 that this bilateral relationship has been as important as any bilateral relationship in the world, aspiring to realize Chinese President Xi Jinpings proposition of a new type of major power relations.

by Amy Chang

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Feature YL Publication

Featured Links

Collective Self-Defence: What Japans New

Defence Policy Means for International Coopera-tion on Cyber Securityby Mihoko Matsubara

Overlooking Protection of Endangered

Languages in the Pacific by Michael Edward

Walsh

Young Leader Amy Chang is a Research Associate at Defense Group Inc.s Center for Intelligence Re-search and Analysis. She was formerly the Research Fellow in Military and Security Affairs at the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC). Previously, she worked at the Council on Foreign Relations and was an 2008-09 Fulbright China Scholar.

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Young Leaders based in Singa-pore got together for dinner at Din

Tai Fung in Paragon on Monday Sep-tember 8th for a discussion on the current dynamics in

one of our key ASEAN partners, Thailand. Kerry Gershaneck, a Se-nior Associate at Pacific Forum CSIS, shared what he observed on the streets of

Bangkok as protests in opposition to the government of then Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra began in late 2013, leading to unrest that brought the military intervention to oust the Yingluck government in May 2014.

Lalit (Cherry) Kanavivatchai, an Advertising Associate Director from Thailand, also added to the conversation. Both she and Gershaneck highlighted concerns with an ag-ing Thailand King Bhumibol Adulyadej and sharp divisions in the country. With several Young Leaders focused on regional integration in Southeast Asia, Thailands role as a critical ASEAN economy means they will continue to follow its dynamics closely.

Singapore YLs take stock of

Thailand Situation,

Pacific Forum CSIS, in conjunction with the Institute for National Policy Research and two other international think tanks, hosted the annual Asia-Pacific Security Forum in Honolulu, Hawaii at the Pacific Beach Hotel. This years theme was The Dynamic Situation in East Asia and Asia-Pacific Security and featured four panel sessions,

as well as a concluding open-to-the-public event.One of the highlights of the conference was the keynote speech delivered by Rear

Admiral Cari Thomas, Commander of the US Coast Guard District Fourteen. She spoke about the US Coast Guards definition of security, the challenges involved in keeping watch

over 43% of the US exclusive economic zone, as well as joint US efforts in the area of enforcement and search

and rescue. Young Lead-ers also enjoyed a full-day session that began with a Pillars of Peace event featuring Archbish-op Desmond Tutu, Paki-stani peace activist Hina Jilani, and Gro Harlem Brundtland. A half-day workshop held at EF Inter-national Language Center focused on issues of sover-eignty and far-away gov-ernments.

Asia-Pacific Security Forum, Honolulu

Kerry Gershaneck

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Young Leaders take a group photo at the half-day workshop as part of the Asia-Pacific Security Forum conference

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Youth Leadership Council, Honolulu

Pacific Forum CSIS Staff Joni Lynne Celiz and

Nicole Forrester met with US Congress-woman Tulsi Gabbard on September 5th, to launch the Hawaii Youth Leadership Council (YLC), a new initiative to em-power Hawaiis youth to showcase their ideas and solutions regarding the nations future.

This exciting partnership brings together several local youth organizations, including Pacific Forums Hawaii Asia-Pacific Affairs Leadership (APAL) Program, which will send rep-resentatives to participate in the council. The Honolulu-based APAL program provides the opportunity to learn international affairs from senior and emerging experts and as a local conduit for alumni to become Young Leaders. More information about the Pacific Forum CSIS APAL program is found here.

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YOUNG LEADERS RECAP

On August 20-21, Pacific Forum CSIS in partnership with China Foreign Affairs Uni-versity (CFAU) hosted the forumYoung Leaders for Diplomacy in Beijing. Three keynote speakers, Pacific Forum CSIS President Ralph Cossa, CFAU Professor Su Hao, and China Academy of Military Sciences Senior Research Fellow Fan Gao-

yue, delivered speeches on global diplomatic transformations. A diverse group of Young Leaders from Chi-

na, the US, Belgium, Japan, South Korea, and Vietnam dis-cussed contemporary global diplomacy and its transformation, as well as the Ukraine crisis and its impact on the global power struc-ture. The forum also re-vealed a divergence of opinions among the US and China on the topic of Chinas behavior in regards to maritime se-curity.

Young Leaders for Diplomacy, Beijing

Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (third from left) and Pacific Forum CSIS

Staff Joni Celiz (second from right) and Nicole Forrester (far right).

Pacific Forum CSIS President Ralph Co

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r Diplomacy forum.

Where are they now?AYAKO MIE

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Ayako Mie is a Staff Writer at The Japan Times and a nonresident Pacific Forum CSIS SPF Fellow. In summer 2014 she was awarded the Wall Street Journal Asia Fellowship to participate in the Masters program in the Business & Economic Reporting program at NYUs Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. She currently lives in New York, enjoying the vibrant city.

Ayako Mie has been a reporter since she graduated from college because she believes good journalism can have a positive impact on society. Her nonresident SPF fellowship at the Pacific Forum CSIS gave her opportunities to cultivate expertise on the Japan-US alliance that would help demys-tify complicated issues to her readers.

After graduating from college in 2001, Ayako began working as a television reporter for the Japanese network Tokyo Broadcasting System. Her first big assignment was cov-ering the 9/11 tragedy. In 2005, she became a Washington DC correspondent. After six years as a Japanese language reporter, she went to the University of California Berkeley as a Fulbright scholar to study journalism and become an English-language reporter. After graduat-ing in 2010, Ayako worked at the Wall Street Journal as an intern, a job that led to a special correspondent position at The Washington Post, during which time she became a nonresident Pacific Forum CSIS SPF Fellow.

She later left the Post for The Japan Times to cover a wider range of issues, from society to politics.

Her time as a DC correspondent, as well as her school-ing at an American high school, made her realize news stories about Japan written by non-Japanese media were culturally biased and the global community should have a better por-trait of Japan. As a person with a foot in both Japan and the US, she felt it was her mission to undertake this task.

In addition to her job, Ayako is an active member of the Asian American Journalists Association, which hosts journalism workshops globally. She has been invited to talk about politics and her career at universities in Japan, including the University of Tokyo. Starting next year, Ayako will be teaching media studies at a Tokyo-based Tsuda College as a part-time lecturer.

I have greatly benefited from the Young Leaders program at the Japan Times, where I cover Japanese politics, as domestic politics have implications for defense and diplomacy.

Ayako Mie (right) and Young Leaders Program Director Nicole Forrester (left)

Ayako Mie teaching students

On the Pulse

If you are not already taking advantage of the LinkedIN Pulse, you may want to start. LinkedIN is

a career-focused social networking site that has recently tried to mimic the interaction of Facebooks news-feed, allowing users to post publi-cations, career-related blog posts, and tips and tricks for getting hired in todays market. LinkedIN has es-tablished Pulse, which allows mem-bers to subscribe to the posts of people deemed INfluencers in ar-eas of economics, policy, sociology, advertising, leadership, and many other fields. This process stream-lines information from people you admire or on topics you wish to learn more about. Some posts that are available now include, The Top 5 Things You Should Never Do at Work (by Kathy Caprino, a leadership mentor and career coach), and Professor Daniel Golemans, Eight Must-Have Competencies for Future Leaders. Ms. Caprino identifies the fairly obvious by encouraging people not to lie, act out of rage, burn bridges, or quit while upset while at work. While I might think this is obvious, the fact that the article needed to be written indicates that for some, it also needs to be read.

In contrast, Professor Goleman (whose book Emotional Intelligence was one of my graduate school favorites) writes about leadership competencies that will be needed for the future because, he says, leadership relies on mobilizing human skills. His recommended competencies include: the ability to think analytically and develop a strategy for problem solving; to understand your market and your business; to have a results-oriented point of view which assesses success through reliable metrics; to possess a passion for customer service; the ability to collaborate and influence those above and below you; organizational development skills to include recruitment, retention, training and development of

staff; team leadership, and lastly, transformation leadership, which he calls, lead-ing the way toward new goals. These competencies have revealed their value in my professional experience. Have you seen them in yours? Please share your lead-ership stories with us. What do you think are the key competencies our generation of leaders must possess to cope with the conflicts currently facing us?

Julia Cunico is a resident Pacific Forum CSIS Kelly Fellow. She is a recent graduate of Columbia Universitys Masters in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution program. Previously, she worked as Associ-ate Director for Programs at the Korea Economic Institute (KEI) in Washington, DC, managing the logistics for hundreds of Korea Economic Institute events and coordinating the internship program. Following her tenure at the Korea Economic Institute, she joined the Columbia University team of Nobel Laureate Economist Joseph Stiglitz as Special Assistant, where she was responsible for coordinating his speaking engagements, travel, teaching, and writing. Her areas of interest include Korean penin-sula security, environmental conflict, and climate change.

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What Were ReadingBrooke MizunoDirector of Grants and Institutional Sup-port, Pacific Forum CSISNonprofit Sustainability: Making Strategic Decisions for Financial Viability, by Jeanne BelAlthough Pacific Forum is not a typical nonprofit, Non-profit Sustainability contains a lot of information about how nonprofits set themselves up for financial success.

You can read the book straight through or consult individual chapters for specific questions. Its a really great resource for anyone who works at any nonprofit, even if you dont have an active role in finance.

Ross FujiiVice President and Bank Secrecy Act/Office of Foreign Assets Control Officer, First Ha-waiian BankThe Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business, by Patrick LencioniA senior executive at First Hawaiian Bank recom-mended that I read The Advantage, a book that helped to inform his management and leadership

philosophy. The essential argument is found in the title: organizational health matters more than anything else in the workplace. In Lencionis experience, companies generally have enough in-house expertise to suc-ceed at their core business, but four key pillars: a cohesive leadership team, creating clarity, over-communicating that clarity, and then reinforc-ing that same clarity are what make an organization stand above its peers. Its not a new argument, but he makes a persuasive case for why this back to basics approach works.

Joni Lynne CelizDevelopment Officer, Pacific Forum CSISOverwhelmed: Work, Love, PLay When No One Has the Time by Brigid SchulteI first heard about this book on NPR and knew that I had to read it. Journalist Brigid Schulte systemati-cally reviews the concept of leisure/free time and fills the book with stories from her own experiences. This book is incredibly well-researched and cites

facts and studies for why having personal leisure time is not only impor-tant emotionally and psychologically, but physically as well. Im already making a conscious effort to spend fewer hours at work and more time having fun.

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The Department of States Criti-cal Language Scholarship (CLS) offers intensive summer lan-guage institutes in 13 critical

foreign languages. The selection process is administered by American Councils for International Education with awards ap-proved by the US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. This past June, I embarked on a fantastic trip to Malang, Indonesia, as a part of the CLS program.

My CLS experience was top notch. Upon my arrival in Indonesia, I was warmly greeted by students, teachers, and adminis-trators from the State University of Malang (UNM). UNM would become my home for the next two months, a place where I would study, share meals with friends, and re-lax. My 27-member cohort was split into six classes based on our language proficiency. The stu-dent to teacher ratio was nearly 1:1 as each class

Critical Language ScholarshipYoung Leader Mike Calistro is an intelligence analyst and Indonesian linguist with US Army Pacific (USARPAC) where his work focuses on supporting US military goals in the Asia-Pacific region. He is also a nonresident Pacific Forum CSIS WSD-Handa fellow studying the US-Indonesia security relationship.

had four experienced teachers. Each US student was also afforded two Indonesian undergraduate students who worked as tutors and tour guides. For two months, we studied in the classroom five hours a day, spent an-other couple hours with our tutors exploring Malang, nights with our generous host families, and weekends adventuring all over the island of Java. Our weekend journeys included visiting Mt. Bromo, buying batik shirts on the famous Malioboro street, tasting freshly made chocolate at a cocoa bean plantation, and paying re-spects at Soekarnos final resting place in Blitar.

After two months of intensive language study, ev-ery US student had great improvements in both their language proficiency and in their overall cultural un-derstanding of Indonesia. Best summer of my life!

Mike Calistro (third from right) poses at Prambanan

Mike Calistro smiles from the top of a mountain

Succeeding in the Workplace

In my capacity as the director of public relations and development for Pacific Forum, I spend a significant amount of time recruiting for the organization, interviewing potential

candidates, and counseling and mentoring students and young professionals. I spent the early part of my career in human resources at a large corporation and that formative experience really helped shape my thinking. Here are my top six suggestions for how to succeed in the workplace.

(1) Be willing to start somewhere. Im often the first point of contact for people interested in working or interning at Pacific Forum, whether its through a career fair, panel, or workshop. One of the things Im continually surprised to hear is I didnt get my (insert degree) from (insert school) so I can (insert entry-level position). The reality is that everyone starts at the bottom. If you are changing industries, be prepared for moving back down the ladder.

(2) Know where youre trying to go. One of the key questions I ask in every interview is how a candidate under-stands how the position is going to help them get to the next stage in their career. Yes, I do know that you didnt get your masters from SAIS to help book airfares for senior expert conferences, but this logistical experience may help you when you jump into a program officer position. While many of us dont have everything figured out and our career landscapes can easily shift with new opportunities, having an idea of what youd like your next step to be can be tremendously helpful.

(3) Define Success. Success means different things to different people and in different organizations. Does being successful mean landing a large research grant? Does it mean getting a particular title and salary? Does it depend on the number of articles you publish? Is it hitting your sales targets or bringing in new business? Its also important to know how your superiors view success and align yourself accordingly.

(4) Get an advocate. If you want to move higher on the ladder in your current organization or position yourself to jump elsewhere, you need to have an influential leader or manager act as an advocate on your be-half. For some people this may be their boss, but for others it may be a manager in another department or even your bosss boss. Having someone at a higher level to recommend you for promotions, research projects, or other opportunities, is key.

(5) Have a great attitude. This suggestion is so simple that many people ignore it outright. Supervisors and managers are people too and for particularly difficult projects, theyll seek out people who will approach problems with a positive, can-do attitude, rather than the person who is a known complainer or invents any excuse not to do their job. Being a team player is appreciated by both coworkers and bosses.

(6) Develop peripheral skills. Another way to think about this is to look at the big picture of your job. You may be an outstanding researcher, but have you ever applied for a grant from start to finish? You may publish outstanding articles, but do you know how to market yourself in a crowded, competitive field of superstars? De-veloping additional skills helps to increase your marketability and increases your attractiveness to an employer.

Ellise Fujii is the Director of Public Relations and Development at Pacific Forum CSIS. She is also currently a loaned executive with the Aloha United Way fundrais-ing organization, helping to raise money for nearly 300 non-profit partner agencies including Pacific Forum.

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The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation is now re-cruiting for the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program. The Fellowship Program was established by the U.S. Congress in 1994 to build a corps of U.S. federal government employ-ees with proficiency in the Japanese language and practi-cal, firsthand knowledge about Japan and its government.

The Mansfield Fellowship Program includes a seven-week homestay and language training program in Ishikawa Pre-fecture and ten months of placements in the Government of Japan and private organizations. During the one-year program, Fellows will develop an in-depth understanding of Japans government and its policymaking process and develop networks of contacts with their counterparts in the government of Japan and the business, professional and academic communities.

Eligibility Fellows must be federal government employees with

at least two consecutive years of federal government service by, and immediately preceding, July 1, 2015

Fellows must obtain agency approval before applying Fellows must be detailed by their home agency to the

Foundation from July 1, 2015 June 30, 2016 After completing the program, Fellows are required

to serve at least two years in the federal government, where it is anticipated they will continue to work on projects and issues concerning Japan and U.S.-Japan relations

Application ProcessApplications are due on December 1, 2014. Please click here to find out more about the application and selection procedures.

The 2014 US-Japan Council Annual Conference will be held in Honolulu, Hawaii from October 9-10, 2014 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. The Annual Conference is a public conference that brings together leaders from government, business, academic and non-profit sectors to discuss current issues and opportunities impacting US-Japan relations.

The keynote speakers will be Adm. Harry B. Harris, Jr., Commander, United States Pacific Fleet; Ms. Marillyn A. Hewson, President & CEO, Lockheed Martin Corpora-tion; and Mr. Masami Iijima, President & CEO, Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

The final day to register is September 21. To get infor-mation on a Young Leaders discount, please visit here.

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Security Jam 2014, OnlineSecurity Jam is a global brainstorming session that brings together thousands of political and military lead-ers, NGOs, academics, industry leaders and journalists to discuss security-related issues. The event will be held entirely online over a 54-hour period and will feature 6 discussion forums. (Participants will discuss topics as di-verse as the future of NATO, the EUs role as a global security broker, the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, and cyber security.)

The Jams top 10 recommendations will serve as the foundation of a report that will be presented to the new leaders of NATO and the EU, and distributed to thou-sands of policymakers and decision-makers worldwide.

We invite you to join the Security Jam debate and share your ideas on key security and defense issues with lead-ing experts. Register now and for free at www.securi-tyjam.org.

mike manSfield fellOwShip prOgram, Japan

2014 uS-Japan cOuncil annualcOnference, hOnOlulu

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Congratulations!

This month we congratulate Young Leader and nonresident Pacific Forum CSIS Fel-low Tong Zhao for joining the Carmegie Nuclear Policy Programs global team of experts in Moscow, Bonn, London, Brussels, Tel Aviv, Istanbul, and Washington DC.

Tong Zhao, based at the CarnegieTsinghua Center in Beijing, will focus on strategic security issues, including nuclear arms control, nonproliferation, mis-sile defense, and strategic stability, as well as Chinas security and foreign policy.

He was previously a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow with the Project on Manag-ing the Atom and the International Security Program at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. He also served as a nonresident WSD-Handa Fellow at Pacific Forum CSIS, and worked for the Office of Foreign Affairs of the Peoples Government of Beijing Municipality. He recently completed his doctorate in science, technology, and international affairs from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Tong Zhao

Tong Zhao at the US-China Strategic Dialogue in Oahu.

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