
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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An Indispensable Partner: U.S.-India relations in the Indo-Pacific
Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green and Richard M. Rossow — June 18, 2025

Russia, the Newest Disrupter in Southeast Asia?
Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green — June 5, 2025

Indo-Pacific Strategy with U.S. Rep. Ami Bera
Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green — May 20, 2025

Is AI a Game Changer in U.S.-China Competition?
Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green — April 29, 2025

The Biden Administration’s Indo-Pacific Legacy
Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green — April 15, 2025

The Future of U.S.-ROK-Japan Trilateral Cooperation
Podcast Episode by Victor Cha and Michael J. Green — April 11, 2025

The Impossible State Live Podcast: The Future of U.S.-ROK-Japan Trilateral Cooperation
Event — April 7, 2025
South Korean Tumult and Strategic Direction
Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green and Victor Cha — April 1, 2025

Abe's Legacy and Japan's Next Moves
Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green — March 18, 2025

Schemes and Scam Inc. in Southeast Asia
Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green — March 6, 2025
