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Senior Fellow for East, Central, and South Asia
Former deputy assistant secretary of state for South Asia, deputy assistant secretary of state for Central Asia, and member of the policy planning staff for East Asia. Author of books on China. Now writing a book on the reemergence of Asia as an integrated strategic space and the global implications of the rise of Asian power.
China, India, Central Asia, Japan, North and South Korea, Russia; energy, Caspian oil and gas; China and India as emerging global powers; economic integration in East, Central, and South Asia; U.S. foreign policy; new global and Asian regional architecture.
Phone: +1.202.509.8528
Email: efeigenbaum@cfr.org
Senior Fellow for Japan Studies
Expert on Japan and Asian international relations. Currently directing the New Regional Security Architecture for Asia program.
Japanese domestic politics and foreign policy; Northeast Asia regional security; international relations of the Asia Pacific.
Email: ssmith@cfr.org
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Korea Studies
Senior associate at the Asia Foundation and Pacific Forum CSIS. Author of China’s Rise and the Two Koreas.
Politics and foreign policy of South Korea and North Korea; U.S.-Korea relations; Northeast Asian security; and U.S.-Asia relations.
Phone: +1.202.588.9420
Email: ssnyder@cfr.org
Adjunct Senior Fellow for International Economics
Director for external relations for the International Monetary Fund. Former economics and finance reporter for the Washington Post. Currently directing a roundtable series on global economics.
Financial crises management; foreign exchange markets; international economics; IMF and the World Bank; Japan; Argentina.
Phone: +1-202-509-8444
Email: prudegeair@cfr.org
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies
Internationally renowned expert on the Chinese legal system and professor at NYU School of Law. Current work examines the role of law in Asian countries.
Legal and business transactions in Asia; international relations of East Asia; international law.
Phone: +1-212-434-9635
Email: jcohen@cfr.org
C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies
Award-winning author of The River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenges to China’s Future. Currently writing a book on the implications of China’s global quest for natural resources.
Chinese domestic and foreign policy; U.S.-China relations; global environmental issues.
Phone: +1-212-434-9641
Email: eeconomy@cfr.org
Senior Fellow for East, Central, and South Asia
Former deputy assistant secretary of state for South Asia, deputy assistant secretary of state for Central Asia, and member of the policy planning staff for East Asia. Author of books on China. Now writing a book on the reemergence of Asia as an integrated strategic space and the global implications of the rise of Asian power.
China, India, Central Asia, Japan, North and South Korea, Russia; energy, Caspian oil and gas; China and India as emerging global powers; economic integration in East, Central, and South Asia; U.S. foreign policy; new global and Asian regional architecture.
Phone: +1.202.509.8528
Email: efeigenbaum@cfr.org
Senior Fellow for Japan Studies
Expert on Japan and Asian international relations. Currently directing the New Regional Security Architecture for Asia program.
Japanese domestic politics and foreign policy; Northeast Asia regional security; international relations of the Asia Pacific.
Email: ssmith@cfr.org
Senior Fellow for East, Central, and South Asia
Former deputy assistant secretary of state for South Asia, deputy assistant secretary of state for Central Asia, and member of the policy planning staff for East Asia. Author of books on China. Now writing a book on the reemergence of Asia as an integrated strategic space and the global implications of the rise of Asian power.
China, India, Central Asia, Japan, North and South Korea, Russia; energy, Caspian oil and gas; China and India as emerging global powers; economic integration in East, Central, and South Asia; U.S. foreign policy; new global and Asian regional architecture.
Phone: +1.202.509.8528
Email: efeigenbaum@cfr.org
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Korea Studies
Senior associate at the Asia Foundation and Pacific Forum CSIS. Author of China’s Rise and the Two Koreas.
Politics and foreign policy of South Korea and North Korea; U.S.-Korea relations; Northeast Asian security; and U.S.-Asia relations.
Phone: +1.202.588.9420
Email: ssnyder@cfr.org
Senior Fellow for East, Central, and South Asia
Former deputy assistant secretary of state for South Asia, deputy assistant secretary of state for Central Asia, and member of the policy planning staff for East Asia. Author of books on China. Now writing a book on the reemergence of Asia as an integrated strategic space and the global implications of the rise of Asian power.
China, India, Central Asia, Japan, North and South Korea, Russia; energy, Caspian oil and gas; China and India as emerging global powers; economic integration in East, Central, and South Asia; U.S. foreign policy; new global and Asian regional architecture.
Phone: +1.202.509.8528
Email: efeigenbaum@cfr.org
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Korea Studies
Senior associate at the Asia Foundation and Pacific Forum CSIS. Author of China’s Rise and the Two Koreas.
Politics and foreign policy of South Korea and North Korea; U.S.-Korea relations; Northeast Asian security; and U.S.-Asia relations.
Phone: +1.202.588.9420
Email: ssnyder@cfr.org
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Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel—a country of 7.1 million, only sixty years old, surrounded by enemies— produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK? With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine this nation’s adversity-driven culture to answer this question and offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.
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For more information on the David Rockefeller Studies Program, contact:
James M. Lindsay
Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
+1.212.434.9626 (NY); +1.202.509.8405 (DC)
jlindsay@cfr.org
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Deputy Director of Studies Administration
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