Nicholas Szechenyi

Nicholas Szechenyi is vice president of the Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and senior fellow with the Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He also served as deputy director of the Japan Chair from 2005 to 2022. His research interests include Japanese politics and foreign policy, U.S.-Japan relations, and U.S. strategy in the Indo-Pacific region. Prior to joining CSIS in 2005, he was a news producer for Fuji Television in Washington, D.C., where he covered U.S. policy in Asia and domestic politics. He holds an MA in international economics and Japan studies from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a BA in Asian studies from Connecticut College. He lived in Japan for six years and speaks fluent Japanese.
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Japan’s PM heads to Washington hoping he can recreate rapport of Trump-Abe era
Nicholas Szechenyi in The Guardian — February 6, 2025
Trump says Japan's prime minister will visit him next week
Nicholas Szechenyi in Reuters — January 31, 2025
Japan’s Engagement with Central Asia
Nicholas Szechenyi in Reuters — January 21, 2025
Despite Nippon Steel, US and Japan say ties stronger than ever
Nicholas Szechenyi in Reuters — January 6, 2025
U.S. allies and partners gird for return of ‘transactional’ Trump
Nicholas Szechenyi in The Japan Times — November 7, 2024
“就任初日は独裁者に” 再びトランプ氏の時代に…何が起きる?【11月7日(木)#報道1930】
Nicholas Szechenyi in BS-TBS — November 7, 2024
Election shock in key US ally Japan could embolden China, other rivals
Nicholas Szechenyi in Reuters — October 29, 2024
Japan’s new PM hoped snap elections would secure grip on power. They backfired.
Nicholas Szechenyi in The Christian Science Monitor — October 28, 2024
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Asia Forecast 2019
Event — January 23, 2019
Shinzo Abe Rolls On
Critical Questions by Michael J. Green and Nicholas Szechenyi — September 20, 2018
Key Drivers for the Abe-Trump Summit: Mar-a-Lago, Round Two
Critical Questions by Michael J. Green, Matthew P. Goodman, Victor Cha, and Nicholas Szechenyi — April 13, 2018
Asia Forecast 2018
Event — January 24, 2018
Japan’s Lower House Election: Abe Prevails Again
Critical Questions by Michael J. Green and Nicholas Szechenyi — October 23, 2017
Abe Calls a Snap Election
Critical Questions by Nicholas Szechenyi — September 25, 2017
U.S.-Japan “2+2” Talks
Critical Questions by Nicholas Szechenyi — August 17, 2017
Japan Chair Platform: Abe Presses On
Newsletter by Nicholas Szechenyi — August 10, 2017
What to Expect from the U.S.-Japan Economic Dialogue
Critical Questions by Matthew P. Goodman, Michael J. Green, and Nicholas Szechenyi — April 14, 2017
A Global History of the Twentieth Century
Book by Michael J. Green, Nicholas Szechenyi, and John J. Hamre — February 21, 2017