Lina Chang

Lina Chang is a second-year undergraduate at Pomona College double majoring in Public Policy Analysis/Politics and Media Studies. Her research interests include US-ROK-Japan trilateral relations, East Asian soft power, and Women, Peace and Security issues. She is currently a Research Assistant at Pomona College.
Claire Ng

Claire Ng is a fresh graduate from the National University of Singapore (NUS) who majored in Political Science and History. Her research interests include issues of maritime and nuclear security, modern legacies of colonialism in Asia, and domestic and regional affairs within Northeast and Southeast Asia. Some of her most recent works include an honours […]
Aoi Onodera

Aoi Onodera is a third-year undergraduate majoring in Political Science at Keio University (Tokyo). She has also studied for a year at Brown University, focusing on international affairs and identity politics. Her research interests include US strategic relations and Japan’s security policy as well as migration, nationalism, and global health.
Endreyah Middleton

Endreyah Middleton is a senior at Tokyo International University, majoring in International Relations. Her research interest in Women and Security throughout the Indo-Pacific region and beyond. She is passionate about helping contribute to political and social change by learning about different cultures and people.
Janessa Chu

Janessa Chu is pursuing an M.A. in International Affairs at Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. Previously, she worked at the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, where she supported the U.S.-Japan Network for the Future program in fostering connections among specialists worldwide. Her academic interests focus on U.S. foreign policy, U.S.-China relations, […]
Chiquita Widjaja

Chiquita Widjaja is a final-year undergraduate student at Tokyo International University, majoring in International Relations. Her research interests include strategic relations and maritime security in the Indo-Pacific, especially in Southeast Asia. She is also passionate about NGO-work, mainly in areas relating to children’s rights and youth empowerment.
Claire McCreery

Claire McCreery recently completed her master’s degree in International Relations at the London School of Economics. For her undergraduate studies, she attended the University of Washington to study Political Science and also studied abroad in Prague and Paris during her time there. Claire previously interned with the State of Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development, […]
Helen Wu

Helen Wu is a senior at New York University majoring in International Relations with a minor in Chinese Language. Her political interests include refugee resettlement and integration, U.S. foreign policy, strategic partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region, and regional infrastructure projects in Northeast Asia. She has led educational outreach projects in Malawi and Peru and worked […]
Ila Prabhuram

Ila Prabhuram is an undergraduate student at Princeton University majoring in the School of Public and International Affairs, pursuing additional minors related to technology, diplomacy, and society. Her research interests include human rights, soft power, peacebuilding and conflict resolution in South Asia and the Indo-Pacific, and security cooperation in Southeast Asia more broadly.
Chetsada Changmai

Chetsada Changmai is currently an East West Center Graduate Degree Fellow in his second year of the Master’s in Public Administration program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He received his BA in English with first-class honors from Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. He is also a former academic fellow for the Young Southeast Asian Leaders […]