pacific forum History of Pacific Forum

Scott A. Snyder

Council on Foreign Relations Scott A. Snyder is senior fellow for Korea studies and director of the program on U.S.-Korea policy at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Mr. Snyder is the author of South Korea at the Crossroads: Autonomy and Alliance in an Era of Rival Powers (January 2018). Mr. Snyder also served as the project […]

Motohiro Tsuchiya

Keio University Dr. Motohiro Tsuchiya is a professor in the Graduate School of Media and Governance at Keio University in Japan. He has served as the deputy director at Keio University Global Research Institute (KGRI) since 2016. He specializes in cybersecurity and other cyber issues. He joined the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace […]

Susan Stahl

U.S. State Department (retired) Prior to joining the Pacific Forum, Susan served for 24 years in the Foreign Service as a Public Diplomacy officer in the U.S. State Department. A Honolulu resident, she has participated in APCSS programs, roundtable discussions with the Fellows at the Pacific Forum, East-West Center activities, and discussions focused on careers […]

Andray Abrahamian

Adjunct Fellow Andray Abrahamian is the 2018-19 Koret Fellow at APARC, Stanford University. He is also an Honorary Fellow at Macquarie University, Sydney, a member of the US National Committee on North Korea as well as an Adjunct Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute. He is a frequent commentator on North Korea issues for a […]

John Park

Adjunct Fellow Dr. John Park is the Director of the Korea Project at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. His core research projects focus on deterrence, economic statecraft, nuclear proliferation, Asian alliances, and North Korean cyber operations. At Harvard University, he is an Associated Faculty Member of the Korea Institute, […]

Taylor Dibbert

Adjunct Fellow Taylor Dibbert has worked for nongovernmental organizations in several continents. He began his career as a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala. Dibbert is also a widely published writer and journalist. Over the years, his work has appeared in a variety of outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and […]

Mihoko Matsubara

NTT Corporation Mihoko Matsubara is Chief Cybersecurity Strategist, NTT Corporation, Tokyo. She is responsible for public advocacy to strengthen or expand networks with global thought leaders in academia, government, and industry by sharing NTT’s and Japan’s cybersecurity efforts. Matsubara worked at the Japanese Ministry of Defense before pursuing an MA at the Johns Hopkins School […]

Tomoko Kiyota

Dr. Kiyota is an Associate Professor at the Office for Global Relations, Nagasaki University and an Adjunct Fellow at Pacific Forum. Earlier, she was a First Secretary at the Embassy of Japan in Thailand from April 2019 to April 2021, and an Official at Regional Policy Division, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign […]

Tom Le

Pomona College Tom Le is an associate professor of politics at Pomona College and a research associate at the PRIME Institute at Meiji Gakuin University. Le is the author of Japan’s Aging Peace: Pacifism and Militarism in the Twenty-First Century (Columbia University Press, June 2021). His work has been published in the Journal of Asian Studies and the Journal of […]

Russell Hsiao

Global Taiwan Institute Russell Hsiao is the Executive Director of the Global Taiwan Institute and current Penn Kemble Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington, DC. He previously served as a Senior Research Fellow at the Project 2049 Institute and National Security Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Prior to those […]