Keisuke Nakashima

Keisuke Nakashima is adjunct fellow with the Global Aging Initiative (GAI) at CSIS. His research interests include the economics of population aging and social security reform, and he is the author of numerous articles on aging trends in East Asia. He recently coauthored The Global Aging Preparedness Index (2010); China's Long March to Retirement Reform (2009); Meeting Japan's Aging Challenge (2008); and The Aging of Korea (2007). He began his tenure at CSIS in October 2002 as a research intern with GAI and was subsequently promoted to research assistant in August 2003, to research associate in November 2004, and to his current position in January 2009. Nakashima holds an M.A. in international relations from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and a B.A. in Anglo-American studies from Kobe City University of Foreign Studies. He has also studied at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University and at Newbury College. He is fluent in English and Japanese.