Michael J. Green is principal of StratAsia. Fluent in Japanese, Dr. Green has more than two decades of experience in Asia, most recently as special assistant to the president and senior director for Asian affairs at the National Security Council (NSC). He is considered one of America's leading experts on Asia.

Concurrently, Dr. Green is the Japan Chair and a senior adviser at CSIS, as well as an associate professor of international relations at Georgetown University. He has held a number of senior government positions, including at the NSC and the Department of Defense. He is also a well-respected policy expert, having worked as a senior Asia analyst at the Council on Foreign Relations and the Institute for Defense Analyses. Dr. Green previously was an assistant professor and lecturer of Asian studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Dr. Green spent over five years in Japan working as a staff member of the National Diet, as a journalist for Japanese and American newspapers, and as a consultant for U.S. business.

Dr. Green received his B.A. from Kenyon College and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins SAIS.

Nicholas Szechenyi is a consultant at StratAsia.

Mr. Szechenyi is deputy director of the Japan Chair at CSIS, where he is also a fellow. His research focuses on U.S.-Japan relations and U.S.–East Asia relations. Prior to joining CSIS in 2005, he was a news producer for Fuji Television in Washington, D.C., where he covered U.S. policy in Asia and domestic politics.

Mr. Szechenyi coauthors a quarterly review of U.S.-Japan relations in Comparative Connections, an electronic journal on East Asian bilateral relations. Other publications include “A Turning Point for Japan’s Self Defense Forces,” Washington Quarterly (Autumn 2006), and “Common Values: A New Agenda for U.S.-Japan Relations (with Michael Green), Georgetown Journal of International Affairs (Summer/Fall 2006). Szechenyi received an M.A. in international economics and Japan studies from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. in Asian studies from Connecticut College. He lived in Japan for six years and speaks fluent Japanese.