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

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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The Asia Chessboard

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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The Asia Chessboard

Unpacking the U.S. National Security Strategy

Mike and Jude are joined by Dr. Gorana Grgic to discuss the recently released U.S. National Security Strategy and National Defense Strategy.

Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green and Jude Blanchette — November 7, 2022

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The Asia Chessboard

India’s Evolving Partnerships

Manjari Chatterjee Miller, senior fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) joins us to take a deep look into India’s evolving partnerships and its position in the global system.

Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green and Jude Blanchette — October 17, 2022

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The Asia Chessboard

Xi's Rule and Risks

Mike and Jude sit down with Bates Gill to discuss his recent book, Daring to Struggle: China's Global Ambitions Under Xi Jinping.

Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green and Jude Blanchette — September 6, 2022

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The Asia Chessboard

The Legacy of Shinzo Abe

This week, Mike welcomes new co-host, Jude Blanchette, Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS, to interview Mike on the strategic and political legacy of Shinzo Abe, following the assassination of the former Japanese Prime Minister on July 8.

Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette and Michael J. Green — August 1, 2022

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The Asia Chessboard

Pawn or King: The Future of the IPEF and Economic Statecraft in Asia

This week, Mike is joined by Wendy Cutler, Vice President at the Asia Society Policy Institute, to unpack President Biden’s economic strategy towards the Indo-Pacific and his May 2022 trip to Asia.

Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green — June 6, 2022

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The Truth of the Matter

The Taiwan Equation

CSIS’s Mike Green joins the podcast to talk about Taiwan, strategic ambiguity, One China policy and the impact the war in Ukraine could have on Taiwan

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Michael J. Green — May 27, 2022

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