Academic Appointments


  • Hoover Research Fellow, Hoover Institution

Administrative Appointments


  • Founding Director, Project on Japan-U.S. Relations, Yale University (2006 - 2007)

Honors & Awards


  • Fellow, Royal Historical Society (2018)
  • "Politico 50" Reading List (for The End of the Asian Century), Politico Magazine (2017)
  • Nakasone Yasuhiro Award for Excellence, Institute for International Policy Studies (2010)
  • Asia 21 Young Leader, Asia Society (2007)
  • American Marshall Memorial Fellow, German Marshall Fund (2006)
  • Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum (2006)
  • Fulbright Graduate Research Scholarship, J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board; Japan-United States Educational Commission. (1997)
  • Japan Foundation Fellowship, Japan Foundation (1995)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations


  • Fellow, Royal Historical Society (2018 - Present)
  • Vice Chairman, Wilton Park USA Foundation (2016 - Present)
  • Agenda Working Group, Halifax International Security Forum (2015 - Present)
  • Life Member, Association for Asian Studies (2001 - Present)