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
“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
U.S. allies and partners gird for return of ‘transactional’ Trump
Nicholas Szechenyi in The Japan Times — 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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“Pivot 2.0”
Report by Michael J. Green, Nicholas Szechenyi, and Victor Cha — January 5, 2015
Japan's Lower House Election
Critical Questions by Michael J. Green, Nicholas Szechenyi, and Matthew P. Goodman — December 15, 2014
Abe’s Election
Critical Questions by Nicholas Szechenyi, Yuko Nakano, and David A. Parker — November 19, 2014
Maintaining the U.S.-Japan Alliance
Report by Nicholas Szechenyi — November 13, 2014
A New Chapter in U.S.-Japan Defense Cooperation
Critical Questions by Nicholas Szechenyi — October 10, 2014
Power and Order in Asia
Report by Michael J. Green and Nicholas Szechenyi — July 17, 2014
Japan Takes a Step Forward on Defense Policy Reform
Critical Questions by Michael J. Green and Nicholas Szechenyi — July 2, 2014
A Second Shot for Japan’s Third Arrow
Critical Questions by Nicholas Szechenyi and David A. Parker — June 26, 2014
Decoding China's Emerging "Great Power" Strategy in Asia
Event — June 11, 2014
Power and Order in Asia: A Survey of Regional Expectations
Event — June 5, 2014