Nicholas Szechenyi

Japanese

Nicholas Szechenyi is deputy director of the Japan Chair at CSIS, where he is also a fellow. His research focuses on U.S.-Japan relations and U.S.–East Asia relations. Prior to joining CSIS in 2005, he was a news producer for Fuji Television in Washington, D.C., where he covered U.S. policy in Asia and domestic politics.

Szechenyi coauthors a quarterly review of U.S.-Japan relations in Comparative Connections, an electronic journal on East Asian bilateral relations. Other publications include “A Turning Point for Japan’s Self Defense Forces,” Washington Quarterly (Autumn 2006), and “Common Values: A New Agenda for U.S.-Japan Relations (with Michael Green), Georgetown Journal of International Affairs (Summer/Fall 2006). Szechenyi received an M.A. in international economics and Japan studies from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. in Asian studies from Connecticut College. He lived in Japan for six years and speaks fluent Japanese.