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Jared Cohen

Adjunct Senior Fellow

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Rush Doshi

C.V. Starr Senior Fellow for Asia Studies and Director of the China Strategy Initiative

James P. Dougherty

Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy

Kat Duffy
Kat Duffy

Senior Fellow for Digital and Cyberspace Policy

Sebastian Elbaum
Sebastian Elbaum

Technologist-in-Residence

Jendayi E. Frazer
Jendayi E. Frazer

Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Studies

Gordon M. Goldstein

Adjunct Senior Fellow

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David M. Hart

Senior Fellow for Climate and Energy

William Henagan

Research Fellow

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Jonathan E. Hillman

Senior Fellow for Geoeconomics

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Michael C. Horowitz

Senior Fellow for Technology and Innovation

Catherine Powell

Adjunct Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy

Scott Sarlin
Scott Sarlin

National Intelligence Fellow

Adam Segal

Ira A. Lipman Chair in Emerging Technologies and National Security and Director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program

Varun Sivaram

Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate and Director, Climate Realism Initiative

A. Michael Spence
A. Michael Spence

Distinguished Visiting Fellow

Laura Taylor-Kale
Laura Taylor-Kale

Senior Fellow for Geoeconomics and Defense

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Tarah Wheeler

Senior Fellow for Global Cyber Policy

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