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

Vietnam’s Great Power Hedge

Mike and Jude are joined by Huong Le Thu, Deputy Director of the Asia Program at the International Crisis Group, whose research on Vietnam’s defense and foreign policy, Southeast Asia’s security, ASEAN regionalism, and China-Southeast Asia relations has featured in a wide range of publications. 

Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette Michael J. Green and Huong Le Thu — October 31, 2023

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Japan’s Approach to De-Risking

 Mike and Jude are joined by Mr. Tatsuya Terazawa, Chairman and CEO of the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan.

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

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The Asia Chessboard

Myanmar’s Closing

Mike and Jude are joined by Erin Murphy, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow for the Economics Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where she is currently transitioning to the Asia Program.

Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette Michael J. Green and Erin L. Murphy — September 19, 2023

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India’s Strategic Evolution

Mike and Jude are joined by C. Raja Mohan, Senior Fellow with the Asia Society Policy Institute in Delhi and Visiting Research Professor and former Director of the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) at the National University of Singapore.

Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette and Michael J. Green — September 5, 2023

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The Asia Chessboard

Multipolarity in Southeast Asia

Mike and Jude are joined by Thomas Parks, Country Representative for Thailand with The Asia Foundation and author of the recently published book Southeast Asia’s Multipolar Future: Averting a New Cold War.

Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green and Jude Blanchette — August 1, 2023

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ASEAN's Future Under Great Power Rivalry

This week, Mike and Jude are joined by Mr. Choi Shing Kwok, Director & Chief Executive Officer of the ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, and head of the ASEAN Studies Centre and Singapore APEC Study Centre, to discuss ASEAN perspectives on issues in the Indo-Pacific. 

 

Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green and Jude Blanchette — July 11, 2023

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The Asia Chessboard

Australia's Evolving Defense Strategy

This week, Mike and Jude are joined by Professor Peter Dean, Director of Foreign Policy and Defense at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, and the principal drafter of the Australian government’s recent Defence Strategic Review, to discuss developments in Australia’s defense planning. 

Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette and Michael J. Green — June 13, 2023

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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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