| The AILA International Fellows Program is an important part of the leadership mission at CSIS. The program comprises two, one-week sessions of intense leadership training for mid-career professionals from the U.S. and abroad who are already on the leadership trajectory. A select and small group of professionals come together at CSIS for an advanced leadership training program to share conversations, aspirations, and experiences as an international cohort of rising leaders, to enhance their individual skill sets, and to refine their existing abilities and leadership techniques.
The objective of the two-week program is to promote a better understanding of leadership and its corresponding responsibilities. During intense daily sessions, the fellows examine the relationship of ethics to power and individual motivation, engage in discussions about today’s most pressing policy dilemmas, and practice and probe through role-play exercises and conversations with well-known and accomplished experts. This program is highly interactive. Fellows are challenged and prodded to develop a more complete and mastered understanding of political leadership. Each participant is expected to be well-read on current events and able to articulate their opinions through frank and open discussions in groups and in small settings with peers and superiors alike.
John Hamre, President & CEO, CSIS seated between Vivian Tokai (Japan) and Ali Itani (Lebanon) during his meeting with the 2007 Fellows.
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2007 Fellow Ahmed Keraidy (Egypt) walks through the US Capitol Rotunda during a congressional tour.
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The First Term takes place in September and focuses on the meaning of leadership and its character and ethical components. The daily sessions explore the fundamentals of transformational leadership, strategic leadership, gender differences, and how ethical behavior relates to individual action and problem-solving. The goal of this term is to explore ethical contexts for understanding the fundamental issues that give life to effective and enduring leadership.
2007 Fellow Mariko Gakiya (Japan) takes the lead in an outdoor activity that explored collaboration among competing groups.
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2007 Fellows Ghazala Amin (India), Katsutoshi Arai (Japan), and Jiyon Shin (Korea) learn to rely on each other during a challenge that emphasized teamwork and support.
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The Second Term takes place in the spring, either in late April or May. The fellows return to CSIS after a six month hiatus and are immersed in practical public policy discussions that are the intellectual focus of the substantive expertise of CSIS. This term is centered around specific issues and the corresponding dynamics of geopolitics, the policy process in Washington, and the competing ideas that define national interests and international relations. The goal of this term is to provide an international context for examining leadership through today’s global political environment.
2007 Fellow Abdul Jawhary (Afghanistan) poses with Senator John Glenn, following the Interviewing History dinner with the Senator and Mrs. Glenn.
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2007 Fellow James Vigil participates with Erik Peterson, Sr. Vice President, CSIS, in a conversation about global trends.
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2007 Fellows INAMORI FELLOWS
Katsutoshi Arai
 Mr. Katsutoshi Arai is an Inamori Fellow and the general manager at Housing Information Company of Recruit Co. Ltd. in Japan. He graduated with a bachelors of arts in law from the University of Tokyo and continued his education by earning a degree in finance and management from Columbia Business School. Prior to working for Recruit, Katsutoshi worked as a management consultant for Bain & Company in Japan and was a candidate for the Tokyo City Council. Katshutoshi is also a certified public accountant in the U.S.
Mariko Gakiya
 Ms. Mariko Gakiya is an Inamori Fellow and a visiting professor at the Inamori Academy, Kagoshima University, Waseda University, a lecturer at Waseda Business School, and a research associate for Harvard University's Project Zero. She earned her Doctorate in administration, planning, and social policy from Harvard University's School of Education. in 2006, Mariko was asked to chair a special panel session at the 5th Asia Academy of Management Conference, one of the largest academic conferences in Asia. The organization's mission is to refine leadership skillls and knowledge in order to foster professional growth and increase overall efficacy.
Vivian Tokai
 Ms. Vivian Tokai is an Inamori Fellow and the policy executive at GE Engery in Japan. She was formerly in charge of public affairs at UPS Japan. She earned her B.A. in Japanese literature from Kyoto Women's University, and her M.S. in broadcast jounralism from Boston University. She attended the graduate program in journalism at the University of Wiscounsin, and attended the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management. Vivian has served as vice-chair for the Government Relations Committee at the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan and was named in the 2006 Top 25 Japanese Female Executives selected by Recruit magazine. She was also a finalist for the 1990 Miss International Japan Beauty Pageant and a finalist for the 1990 Miss World Japan Beauty Pageant. Her work experience also includes news anchoring and sports reporting.
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWS
Ghazala Amin
 Ms. Ghazala Amin is an associate professor of history in Jesus and Mary College at the University of Delhi, and has worked as citizen warden with the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. She has extensive experience anchoring and producing television programs; she anchored a women's magazine program for E TV, which was telecast in 26 countries, and anchored the Asian Magazine for BBC TV in London. In addition to teaching, she currently participates in several radio programs and anchors a weekly TV program, Show Biz Asia for Sony International.
Ali Itani
 Mr. Ali Itani works for the corporate communications department at Al Shaya, one of Kuwait's largest holding companies. Formerly, he was the political analyst to the chairman of Kuwait & Gulf Link Holding in Kuwait. Prior to this, he advised key members of the Japanese Parliament on Middle East affairs and initiated a strategy for the enhancement of Japanese relations with Arab States. Ali organized and coordinated the first and second Japan-Arab Leadership Network Parliamentary Forum for Dialogue. He has a master's degree in international relations from International University of Japan and a bachelor's degree in political science and public administration from American University of Beirut. Ali is a French and Lebanese national.
Abdul Moien Jawhary
 A citizen of Afghanistan, Mr. Abdul Moien Jawhary was a Humphrey Fellow at the Duke Center for International Development, Duke University, North Carolina. As part of his fellowship, he worked at the World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C. Abdul also worked as a program officer for the World Food Program in Kabul, Afghanistan and as a senior program associate for the Governance & State Building Unit of the UNDP Afghanistan Country Office. He has a M.B.A. from Preston University in Islamabad, Pakistan, an M.A. in irrigation/hydropower constructions engineering from Kabul Polytechnic University, and a B.Sc. from Afghan Institute of Technology.
Ahmed Keraidy
 Mr. Ahmed Keraidy is the Director of Human Resources at American University of Nigeria (AUN). An Egyptian national, Ahmed received his B.Sc. in Business Administration from Ain Shams University where he specialized in expatriate assignments and relocation of international and highly skilled employees for global companies. Ahmed has also worked for ORASCOM Construction Industires in Nigeria and GE Power Controls in Egypt. At AUN in Yola, Nigeria, he oversees the welfare of several hundred employees including fifty expatriates from countries as diverse as Venezuela, Ghana, Russia, and Kyrgystan.
Jiyon Shin
 Ms. Jiyon Shin is a Vasey Fellow at the Pacific Forum-CSIS in Honolulu. She is currently working towards her undergraduate degree in Divisions in international studies with a minor in Korean Studies at Ewha Women's University. She has worked extensively in the past with the Korean University Students' Politics & Diplomacy Research Association on issues pertaining to the U.S. - ROK free trade alliance, as well as other subjects related to the bilateral relationship of the two countries.
James Vigil
 Mr. James Vigil is a Foreign Affairs Officer for the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL). As part of this, he collaborates with officials from the Department of Justice and Homeland Security to represent the U.S. government to a variety of international crime forums. In addition, James was a Brookings Legislative Fellow for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY). Prior to this, he was a trial attorney and did policy work for the Associate Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice. James has a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. from the University of California where he studies History and Political Science. He is a member of the District of Columbia State Bar.
2006 Fellows INAMORI FELLOWS
Yuichi Goto
Masaakira "James" Kondo
Kenichiro Oku
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWS
Abubakar Abba Tahir
 Mr. Abubakar Abba Tahir serves as Director of Public Relations and Marketing at the American University of Nigeria (AAUN), one year after founding the Public Relations Unit. Prior to this position, he was General Manager/CEO of Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation, the regional radio in Yola from 1999-2003 and was Founding Editor-in-Chief of The Pastoralist, a quarterly journal published by the Pastoral Resolve (PARE) an NGO in Yola. In his twenty-three years of professional work experience, Abba has traversed radio, television, public relations, media management and newspaper journalism. He holds a Masters Degree in English from the Federal University of Technology, Yola, Nigeria and has a foundation degree in Mass Communications from the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria.
Claire Bai
 Ms. Peng Claire Bai joined the Pacific Forum in June 2005 as the 2005-2006 Vasey Fellow. Claire is from Beijing, China, and received her dual BA degree in International Relations and Economics from Peking University in 2004. Her research interests include China’s peaceful transition, U.S.-East Asia relations, nonproliferation of WMD, and Northeast Asian security. Claire brings experience from the China Institute of International Studies, Hill & Knowlton, the Jane Goodall Institute, and the Beijing Youth Daily. At the Pacific Forum, she is focusing on China-U.S.-Japan relations, and serves as a research assistant to Mr. Scott Snyder of the Asia Foundation, who is working on a book on China-Korea relations. She also assists in various Pacific Forum research projects and publications, including the quarterly e-journal, Comparative Connections.
Iñigo Salvador
INAMORI FELLOWS
Kenzo Fujisue
 Junya Ogawa
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWS
Amy Florentino
Lt. Amy Florentino, a native of Connecticut, graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 1999 with a bachelor of science in operations research. Upon commissioning, she was stationed as summer ensign on the USCGC Eagle. From there she was transferred to USCGC Buttonwood where she served as operations officer, navigator, deck watch officer, and boarding officer. In 2003, at Officer Candidate School, she was assigned to the Leadership and Management (LAM) Section, which is responsible for the military indoctrination, physical fitness, military drill instruction and classroom leadership theory/application of more than 400 students per year. In March 2004 she was promoted to LAM section chief. Lt. Florentino has extensive operations experience.
 Lena S. Gan
Lena Gan is currently working as a Vasey fellow with the Pacific Forum CSIS, based in Honolulu, Hawaii, where she monitors and analyzes data regarding U.S.–Southeast Asian relations. She received her master’s degree in international relations in December 2005 from the University of Hawaii-Monoa. She has experience in both public policy and private industry. She was awarded the Director’s Prize for best overall M.B.A. performance and has had numerous articles published. She is fluent in English, Bahasa (Indonesia), and Chinese.
 Carmen Lomellin
Carmen Lomellin currently serves as the executive secretary of the Inter-American Commission of Women at the Organization of American States, where she provides policy guidance and direction to the 34 member states on hemispheric gender policy. Prior to this, she worked from 1993 to 1998 as White House liaison and senior policy adviser to the director, Office of Personnel Management. She holds an M.B.A. in international business from De Paul University. She is bilingual in English and Spanish and understands conversational Portuguese.
 Linda G. Lopez
 Carlos F. Semedo
Carlos Semedo has 10 years of experience with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, and Communities (MFA) of Cape Verde. Most recently, he has been the deputy chief of mission for the embassy of Cape Verde to the United States. Previously, he has served in a number of roles in the MFA of Cape Verde, including postings as the charge d’affairs in the Ivory Coast and as desk officer for Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Cuba. Additionally, Mr. Semedo has participated in a variety of intergovernmental negotiations in nine countries. He graduated with honors in 1994 with an M.A. in international economic relations from the State University of St. Petersburg in Russia and speaks Creole, Portuguese, English, French, and Russian.
INAMORI FELLOWS
 Keiro Kitagami
 Tomoyoshi Noda
Dr. Tomoyoshi Noda currently serves as the president of the Institute of Strategic Leadership, a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization whose mission is to develop leaders among mid-career professionals. He is also on the faculty of Scandinavian International Management Institute in Demark. He has taught at INSEAD in Singapore and France, Waseda University in Tokyo, and University of London.
 Yoichi Shiraishi
INAMORI FELLOWS
 Motohisa Furukawa
 Takeshi Ninoyu
 Fumiki Sakurauchi
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Mr. Iñigo Salvador is a senior partner at Crespo Abogados, an International Law Firm in Quito, Ecuador and a Professor of International Law at Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador. Previously, he was Executive Director of the National Programme for the Reform of the Judiciary (ProJusticia) and Director of the Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano (FFLA). Mr. Iñigo served as a legal officer to the United Nations Security Council, United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) in Geneva, Switzerland and as a secretary to the Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the United Nations Office in Geneva as well as to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Quito. Mr. Iñigo was also an assistant to the Secretary of the 3rd Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice in Quito. Mr. Iñigo has a doctorate of Law from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, a Masters degree in International relations from The Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland and was a visiting professor at the Diplomatic Academy "Antonio J. Quevedo" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Iñigo has published a number of articles as well as a book, Derecho internacional penal. Estudios en perspectiva (International Criminal Law, Studies in Perspective) in 2004.