Long-term policy practitioner and entrepreneur in Washington DC. Formerly: seven years as Executive Director, Japan America Society, Southern California; co-founded Japan Policy Research Institute; Executive Vice-President, Economic Strategy Institute; Senior Policy Adviser, Economic and International Affairs to Senator; first Executive Director, Nixon Center; Executive Vice-President, New America Foundation; Senior Fellow and Founder, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation; Washington Editor-at-Large, The Atlantic. Publisher of the Washington Note political blog. Author: writes frequently on foreign policy, defence and international economic policy, with work appearing in opinion-editorials, journals, and magazines around world.