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Michael J. Green

Senior Adviser and Japan Chair

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Asia

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Japan Chair

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U.S. Foreign Policy in Asia; political, security and economic developments within Asia; Japan

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Michael Green is a senior adviser and holds the Japan Chair at CSIS, as well as being an associate professor of international relations at Georgetown University. He served as special assistant to the president for national security affairs and senior director for Asian affairs at the National Security Council (NSC) from January 2004 to December 2005. He joined the NSC in April 2001 as director of Asian affairs with responsibility for Japan, Korea, and Australia/New Zealand. From 1997 to 2000, he was senior fellow for Asian security at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he directed the Independent Task Force on Korea and study groups on Japan and security policy in Asia. He served as senior adviser in the Office of Asian and Pacific Affairs at the Department of Defense in 1997 and as consultant to the same office until 2000. From 1995 to 1997, he was a research staff member at the Institute for Defense Analyses, and from 1994 to 1995, he was an assistant professor of Asian studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), where he remained a professorial lecturer until 2001. Green speaks fluent Japanese and 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. He graduated from Kenyon College with highest honors in history in 1983 and received his M.A. from Johns Hopkins SAIS in 1987 and his Ph.D. in 1994. He also did graduate work at Tokyo University as a Fulbright fellow and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a research associate of the MIT-Japan Program. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Institute for International Security Studies, and the Aspen Strategy Group and is vice chair of the congressionally mandated Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission. He serves on the advisory boards of the Center for a New American Security and Australian American Leadership Dialogue.

 

CSIS Publications by Michael J. Green
Comparative Connections v.10 n.1 - U.S.-Japan Relations: Working through Tough Issues 04/15/2008
 Comparative Connections v.9 n.4 - U.S.-Japan Relations: Distracted Governments Make Some Positive Progress 01/15/2008
 PacNet #47 November 15, 2007: The Abductee Issue is a Test of America's Strategic Credibility 11/15/2007
 Organizing Asia: Politics, Trade, and the New Multilateralism in Global Forecast: the Top Security Challenges of 2008 11/14/2007
 Comparative Connections v.9 n.3 - U.S.-Japan Relations: Fukuda Takes the Helm 10/15/2007
 The United States, Japan, and India: Toward New Trilateral Cooperation 08/16/2007
 PacNet #32 August 13, 2007: Three Scenarios for President Roh’s Trip to Pyongyang: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly 08/13/2007
 Japan Chair Platform: Don't Count Abe Out 07/30/2007
 PacNet #29 July 16, 2007: Comparative Connections Summary 07/16/2007
 Comparative Connections v.9 n.2 - U.S.-Japan Relations: Steadying the Alliance and Bracing for Elections 07/13/2007
 Comparative Connections v.9 n.1 - U.S.-Japan Relations: An Unexpected Rough Patch 04/11/2007
 Japan Chair Platform: Remembering Motoo Shiina (1930–2007) 03/23/2007
 Comparative Connections v.8 n.4 - U.S.-Japan Relations: Abe Shows the Right Stuff 01/15/2007
 Pacnet #51 October 16, 2006: Comparative Connections Summary 10/16/2006
 Comparative Connections v.8 n.3 - U.S.-Japan Relations: Enter Abe Stage Right 10/13/2006
 Japan Chair Platform - June 1, 2006 06/01/2006

Michael J. Green In the News
Michael Green, a CSIS senior adviser, was quoted by the Associated Press, "First Lady Ever Prominent as Diplomat." 05/06/2008
 Michael Green, a CSIS senior adviser, was quoted by United Press International, "Aid Programs Ready to Help Myanmar." 05/06/2008
 Michael Green, a CSIS senior advisor, was quoted by the Los Angeles Times, "Cyclone Death Toll Could Top 10,000, Myanmar Says." 05/06/2008
 Michael Green, a CSIS senior adviser, was quoted by the New York Times, "Stores Hint at Change Under New Castro." 05/02/2008
 Michael Green, a CSIS Senior Adviser, was quoted by The Economist, "North Korea and Syria: Oh What a Tangled Web They Weave." 05/01/2008
 Mike Green, a CSIS Senior Adviser, appeared on National Public Radio's Morning Edition, "Iran Pushes for Gas Line Through Pakistan, India." 04/30/2008
 Michael Green, a CSIS senior adviser, was quoted by Reuters, "Congressional Calculus Triggered Syria Disclosures." 04/28/2008
 Michael Green, a CSIS senior advisor, had an op-ed published in the Boston Globe, "New Urgency in Burma." 04/26/2008
 Michael Green, a CSIS Senior Adviser, was quoted by the Associated Press, "Bush Unlikely to Boycott Olympics Opening, Despite Growing Protests of China Rights Record." 04/12/2008
 Michael Green, a CSIS Senior Adviser, and Richard Armitage, a CSIS Trustee, were quoted by the Associated Press, "Australian Premier, Bush Eager to Strike Balance on Response to Chinese Crackdown in Tibet." 03/28/2008
 Mike Green, a CSIS Senior Adviser, was quoted by the Wall Street Journal, "Olympic Games Intact, Despite Unrest." 03/21/2008
 Mike Green, a CSIS Senior Adviser, was quoted by the Washington Post, "Privately, Bush Presses China Over Crackdown on Tibet." 03/21/2008
 Michael Green, a CSIS Senior Adviser, was quoted by Reuters, "Republicans May Echo Clinton Attacks on Obama." 03/05/2008
 Michael Green, a CSIS senior advisor, was quoted by Bloomberg, "Rice Seeks to Salvage North Korea Nuclear Accord on Asia Trip." 02/22/2008
 Michael Green, a CSIS Senior Adviser, was appeared on CNN’s The Situation Room, “Claims of China Spying on U.S. Soil." 02/07/2008
 Michael Green, a CSIS senior adviser, was quoted by the Associated Press, "Rice, Australian Foreign Minister Meet." 01/28/2008
 Michael Green, a CSIS senior adviser, was quoted by the Washington Post, “India Halts Arms Sales to Burma to Try to Press Junta� 12/30/2007
 Michael Green, the CSIS Japan Chair, was quoted by TIME magazine, "As North Korea Thaws, Japan Loses Out." 12/17/2007
 Michael Green, the CSIS Japan Chair and Senior Adviser, was quoted by the New York Times, "Gates in Beijing for Talks on Military Buildup." 11/05/2007
 Michael Green, the CSIS Japan Chair, had a commentary published in the Wall Street Journal, "Tokyo Retreat." 10/29/2007
 Michael Green, a senior adviser at CSIS, was quoted by the Associated Press, "China, Turkey Angry at US Moves." 10/17/2007
 Mike Green, a senior adivser at CSIS, appeared on National Public Radio's Morning Edition, "Dalai Lama to Receive Congressional Gold Medal." 10/17/2007
 Michael Green, a senior adviser at CSIS, appeared on PBS' The Jim Lehrer NewsHour, "Landmark Nuclear Deal Between India, U.S. in Danger of Collapse." 10/16/2007
 Mike Green, a senior adviser at CSIS, was quoted by The Hill, "McCain, Lantos Draft Burma Crackdown Legislation." 10/16/2007
 Robert Einhorn, a CSIS Senior Adviser, and Mike Green, a senior adviser at CSIS, were quoted by the Washington Post, "Nuclear Deal With India May Be Near Collapse." 10/16/2007
 Mike Green, a senior adviser at CSIS, was quoted by the New York Times, "U.N. Envoy Says Myanmar Must Halt Arrests." 10/15/2007
 Mike Green, a senior advisor and Japan Chair at CSIS, was quoted by the International Herald Tribune, "UN envoy to Myanmar assails arrests but junta is unlikely to be moved." 10/15/2007
 Mike Green, a senior advisor at CSIS, was quoted by the Los Angeles Times, "Bush to Attend Dalai Lama Ceremony." 10/12/2007
 Michael Green, a senior fellow at CSIS, was quoted by the Associated Press, "Powerful US lawmaker emerges as Congress' most tenacious critic of Myanmar's ruling junta." 10/09/2007
 Michael Green, a senior fellow at CSIS, and Derek Mitchell, a senior fellow with the CSIS International Security Program, were quoted by the Associated Press, "Myanmar Needs Asia Urging." 10/02/2007
 Michael Green, a senior fellow at CSIS, was quoted by Reuters, "US Urged to Bolster Myanmar Curbs with Diplomacy." 10/02/2007
 Mike Green, the CSIS Japan Chair, and Derek Mitchell, a senior fellow with the CSIS International Security Program, were quoted on National Public Radio's Morning Edition, "U.S. Tough Talk on Myanmar Found Hollow." 10/02/2007
 Mike Green, the CSIS Japan Chair, and Derek Mitchell, a senior fellow with the CSIS International Security Program, were quoted in the Wall Street Journal, "Sanctions and Engagement Failed; How to Fix Myanmar." 10/01/2007
 Michael Green, a senior fellow at CSIS, was quoted by the New York Times, "Costly Fuel Is Never Far From a Match." 09/30/2007
 Michael Green, a senior fellow at CSIS, was on the PBS' Jim Lehrer NewsHour, "Protest in Myannmar Draw International Attention." 09/25/2007
 Michael Green, the CSIS Japan Chair, was quoted by the Financial Times, "China Angry at Taiwan's Move to Join UN." 09/16/2007
 Michael Green, the CSIS Japan Chair, had an op-ed published in the Japan Times, "Roh's Trip to Pyongyang Puts Three Scenarios in Play." 08/17/2007
 Ralph Cossa, President of the Pacific Forum at CSIS, and Michael Green, the CSIS Japan Chair, were quoted in the Financial Times, "Clinton Back 'Ambiguity' on Taiwan Policy." 08/03/2007
 Michael Green, the CSIS Japan Chair, was quoted by Reuters, "Abe troubles may affect U.S.-Japan work, experts say." 07/31/2007
 CSIS Senior Adviser Michael Green was quoted by the Associated Press, "Olympics Highlight Human Rights in China." 07/05/2007
 CSIS Senior Adviser Michael Green and Senior Fellow Jon Wolfsthal were quoted by Reuters, "U.S. Said Pushing Broad Access to North Korea Site." 06/22/2007
 CSIS Senior Adviser Michael Green was quoted by The Washington Post, "U.S. Official: North Korea Ready to Disable Nuclear Reactor." 06/22/2007
 CSIS Senior Adviser Michael Green was quoted by Reuters, "Bush to Host Vietnam President in Historic Visit." 06/22/2007
 CSIS Senior Adviser Michael Green was quoted by Reuters, "Bush Goes Extra Mile on North Korea Deal." 06/17/2007
 CSIS Japan Chair Michael Green was quoted by Financial Times, "GOP Query Deal on Frozen North Korea Funds." 06/12/2007
 CSIS Japan Chair Michael Green was quoted by the Associated Press, "US, South Korean Envoys Meet, Seek Solution to Impasse on North Korea Nuclear Talks." 06/12/2007
 CSIS Japan Chair Michael Green was quoted by the Chicago Tribune, "Congressional Memo Details How North Korea Misused U.N. Funds." 06/09/2007
 CSIS Japan Chair Mike Green was quoted by U.S. News & World Report, "Money Still Stalls the North Korea Nuclear Deal." 05/15/2007
 Mike Green, holder of CSIS's Japan Chair, and Kurt Campbell, member of CSIS's Advisory Board, were quoted by The New York Times, "Turning Bush-Abe Alliance Into Friendship." 04/27/2007
 CSIS Senior Adviser Michael Green was quoted by Reuters, "Bank Transfer Said Snagging N.Korea Deal." 04/19/2007
 CSIS Senior Adviser Michael Green was interviewed by NPR, "North Korea Nuclear Talks Break Down over Money." 03/22/2007
 CSIS Senior Adviser Mike Green was quoted by the Financial Times, "Abductions Overshadow N. Korea Talks." 03/20/2007
 Michael Green, a senior adviser at CSIS, was interviewed by NPR, "North Korea Plan Has Two Stages, and Doubters." 02/13/2007
 Michael Green, who holds CSIS's Japan Chair, had an op-ed published in The Washington Post, "America's Quiet Victories in Asia." 02/13/2007
 CSIS Senior Adviser Mike Green was quoted by The Washington Post, "N. Korea Aims to Improve on Clinton-Era Nuclear Deal." 02/06/2007
 Michael J. Green, Japan Chair and senior adviser at CSIS, published an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, "Reviving Japan's Military." 01/15/2007
 Michael Green, a senior adviser at CSIS, was quoted by the Financial Times, "Bush Draws Parallels with Iraq in Vietnam." 11/17/2006
 CSIS Senior Adviser Mike Green was quoted by The Washington Times, "Bush, Putin Discusses Iran, Korea." 11/16/2006
 Kurt Campbell, senior vice president of CSIS, was quoted by the Los Angeles Times, "Bush's Asia Trip to Focus on Trade, Terrorism." 11/16/2006
 CSIS Senior Vice President Kurt Campbell, Senior Adviser Michael Green, and Scholl Chair Grant Aldonas were quoted by The Washington Post, "Southeast Asia Trip to Test Bush's Stature." 11/14/2006
 CSIS Senior Vice President Kurt Campbell and Senior Adviser Michael Green were quoted by Reuters, "Wounded Bush Meets Rising China at APEC Summit." 11/12/2006
 CSIS Senior Adviser Michael Green was interviewed on CNN's American Morning by CNN's Miles O'Brien, "Secretary Rice's Trip to Asia." 10/17/2006
 CSIS Senior Adviser Michael Green was quoted by The New York Times, "Security Council Supports Sanctions on North Korea." 10/15/2006
 CSIS Senior Adviser Michael Green was quoted by US News & World Report, "The New Finger on the Nuclear Button." 10/15/2006
 CSIS Senior Adviser Michael Green and CSIS Senior Vice President Kurt Campbell were quoted by Reuters, "U.S. Reassuring Allies on its Asia Role." 10/13/2006
 CSIS Senior Adviser Michael Green appeared on PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, "China Limits 'Extreme Sanctions' for North Korea." 10/13/2006
 CSIS Senior Adviser Michael Green was quoted by The Washington Post, "Bush Faults Clinton Policy, but the Debate is Complex." 10/12/2006
 Jon Wolfsthal, a fellow at CSIS’s International Security Program, and Michael Green, a senior adviser at CSIS, were quoted in Voice of America, "Experts: North Korea Situation Can Worsen." 10/12/2006
 Kurt Campbell, senior vice president at CSIS and Michael Green, a senior adviser at CSIS, were quoted by The Boston Globe, "Lack of Direct Talks With N. Koreans Debated." 10/12/2006
 CSIS Senior Adviser Michael Green was quoted by the Associated Press, "U.S. Air Power in East Asia Has Grown." 10/11/2006
 CSIS Senior Adviser Michael Green was quoted by Time Magazine, "Crafting a Collective Response." 10/10/2006
 CSIS Senior Adviser Mike Green was interviewed by NPR's Morning Edition, "North Korea Seeks Prestige Through Nukes." 10/10/2006
 CSIS Senior Adviser Robert Einhorn and Senior Adviser Michael Green were quoted by the Washington Post, "Analysis: Bush's 'Axis of Evil' Comes Back to Haunt United States." 10/10/2006
 CSIS Senior Adviser Michael Green was quoted by The Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire: "Bomb Fuels Debate on Washington Policy." 10/09/2006
 CSIS Senior Adviser Michael Green was interviewed for NPR's Morning Edition, "South Korean President Visits White House." 09/14/2006
 CSIS Senior Adviser Mike Green was quoted by The Washington Times, "S. Korea, U.S. to Revisit Alliance." 09/13/2006
 CSIS Senior Adviser Mike Green was interviewed by Jonathan Karl for ABC World News Tonight, "N. Korea Appears to Be Preparing for a Nuclear Test." 08/17/2006
 CSIS Senior Adviser Michael Green was quoted by Time magazine in an article on China-North Korea relations. 07/17/2006
 Michael Green, a senior adviser at CSIS and holder of its Japan Chair, was quoted by Newsweek, "Japan: Countering the Threat." 07/10/2006
 CSIS Senior Adviser Michael Green was quoted by the Chicago Tribune, "Beijing Is Key to N. Korea Standoff." 07/06/2006
 Michael Green, a senior adviser at CSIS and holder of its Japan Chair, was interviewed by Martha Raddatz for ABC's World News Tonight, "Will North Korea Bow to Diplomacy?" 07/05/2006
 Michael Green, a CSIS senior adviser and holder of its Japan Chair, was quoted by the Financial Times, "Bush Enlists Koizumi on Missiles Stance." 06/29/2006
 Michael Green, a CSIS senior adviser and holder of the Japan Chair, was interviewed on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, "Concerns Mount over North Korea's Ballistic Missile Testing." 06/23/2006
 Mike Green, a senior adviser at CSIS, and Jon Wolfsthal, a fellow at CSIS, were quoted by the Financial Times, "North Korea Plays Danger Game to Gain Concessions." 06/11/2006
 Michael Green, who holds CSIS's Japan Chair, published an opinion piece, "Japan Fails the Test on Democracy and Burma" for The Washington Post's online series, "Think Tank Town." 06/08/2006
 CSIS Senior Adviser and Japan Chair Michael Green was quoted by The New Republic, "North Korea's Missile Preparations. Test Prep." 06/06/2006
 Bates Gill, who holds the Freeman Chair in China Studies, and Michael Green, senior adviser, published an op-ed in the Financial Times, "Sino-American Relations Need Actions Not Words." 04/23/2006
 CSIS Senior Adviser Michael Green appeared on The Charlie Rose Show for a discussion of US-China relations. 04/20/2006
 CSIS Senior Adviser Michael J. Green was quoted by the Washington Post, "Bush-Hu Meeting To Highlight Role That China Plays." 04/20/2006
 Bates Gill, who holds the Freeman Chair in China Studies, and Mike Green, holder of the Japan Chair, were quoted by The New York Times, "China's Oil Needs Are High on U.S. Agenda." 04/19/2006
 Kurt Campbell, a senior vice president at CSIS, and Michael Green, a senior adviser, were quoted by the Los Angeles Times, "China Leader's Trip May Hit Head Winds." 04/17/2006
 CSIS Senior Adviser Mike Green was quoted by Time Magazine, "Hu's Coming To Lunch." 04/16/2006
 CSIS Senior Adviser Michael Green was interviewed on the "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" regarding President Bush's visit to Pakistan. 03/03/2006
 CSIS Senior Adviser Michael J. Green was interviewed by CNN's "Today Live," regarding President Bush's trip to India. 03/01/2006
 CSIS experts Teresita Schaffer, CSIS Senior VP Kurt M. Campbell and Senior Adviser Michael J. Green were quoted by the Christian Science Monitor, "What Bush wants in India." 02/28/2006
 CSIS Senior Adviser Michael Green was quoted in the Los Angeles Times, "Bush Will Find Strong Backing in Passage to India." 02/28/2006
 CSIS Japan Chair and Senior Adviser Michael J. Green was quoted in the New York Times, "White House Letter: A Presidential Passage Through India, Quickly." 02/27/2006
 CSIS Japan Chair Michael J. Green was quoted by the Financial Times, "Koizumi in hot soup with China over war shrine visit." 02/06/2006
 CSIS Japan Chair Michael J. Green was quoted by the Washington Post, "Diplomats Labor to Renew Talks With N. Korea." 02/04/2006

Testimony by Michael J. Green
Understanding Japan's Relations in Northeast Asia 09/14/2006
 The Strategic Implications of the Burma Problem 03/29/2006
 

 

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