Michael J. Green

Senior Adviser (Non-resident) and Henry A. Kissinger Chair
Michael J. Green

Michael Green is senior adviser (non-resident) and Henry A. Kissinger Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Prior to June 2022, he served as senior vice president for Asia and Japan Chair and director of Asian studies at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, until his appointment as CEO of the US Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. He served on the staff of the National Security Council (NSC) from 2001 through 2005, first as director for Asian affairs with responsibility for Japan, Korea, Australia, and New Zealand and then as special assistant to the president for national security affairs and senior director for Asia, with responsibility for East Asia and South Asia. Before joining the NSC staff, he was a senior fellow for East Asian security at the Council on Foreign Relations, director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Center and the Foreign Policy Institute and assistant professor at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University, research staff member at the Institute for Defense Analyses, and senior adviser on Asia in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He also worked in Japan on the staff of a member of the National Diet. Dr. Green has authored numerous books and articles on East Asian security, including most recently Line of Advantage: Japan’s Grand Strategy in the Era of Abe Shinzo (Columbia University Press, 2022). He received his master’s and doctoral degrees from SAIS and did additional graduate and postgraduate research at Tokyo University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his bachelor’s degree in history from Kenyon College with highest honors.

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The Asia Chessboard

Beijing's Overreach

Mike and Jude are joined by Dr. Susan Shirk, Founding Chair of the 21st Century China Center at the University of California, San Diego and the author of Overreach: How China Derailed its Peaceful Rise, which examines the evolution of China’s domestic and foreign policy over the last 15 years. 

Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette and Michael J. Green — June 2, 2023

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The Asia Chessboard

What Can be Done About North Korea?

Mike and Jude are joined by Sue Mi Terry to discuss recent political and international security developments in the Korean Peninsula.

Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green , Jude Blanchette , and Sue Mi Terry — March 22, 2023

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The Asia Chessboard

Taking Stock of U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy

Mike and Jude are joined by Kurt M. Campbell and Mira Rapp-Hooper to discuss to U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy one year on.

Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette and Michael J. Green — March 7, 2023

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The Asia Chessboard

Calling Check: Technology Competition with China

This week, Mike and Jude are joined by Emily Kilcrease, director of the Energy, Economics, and Security program at CNAS, to discuss trade, high-tech industries, and competition with China.

Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette and Michael J. Green — February 21, 2023

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The Asia Chessboard

Japan Steps Up

Mike and Jude are joined by Christopher B. Johnstone to look at what Japan’s new national security strategy means for its role in the region and the U.S.-Japan alliance.

Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green , Jude Blanchette , and Christopher B. Johnstone — January 17, 2023

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The Asia Chessboard

Balance of Power in Southeast Asia

Mike and Jude are joined by Bilahari Kausikan, Chairman of the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore, and former Ambassador-at-Large and former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore.

Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green and Jude Blanchette — January 3, 2023

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Toward a U.S.-Japan Technology Alliance: Competition and Innovation in New Domains

Economic strategy and national security are increasingly intertwined. In this edited volume, leading experts on technology security policy in Japan and the United States explain the state of play in each country and explore new avenues for bilateral cooperation.

Book by Michael J. Green , Charles Edel , James Andrew Lewis , and Nicholas Szechenyi — December 15, 2022

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Chinese Statecraft in the Pacific Islands

This week, Mike and Jude sit down with Pete Connolly, a retired officer in the Australian Defence Force and Adjunct Fellow with the Asia Program at CSIS, to discuss Chinese statecraft in the Pacific Islands.

Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green , Jude Blanchette , and Pete Connolly — December 12, 2022

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