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Muhamad Izham Abd. Shukor William B. Abnett Zachary Abuza Amitav Acharya Dilshod Achilov Bruce A. Acker Mumtaz Ahmad Deogsang Ahn Se Hyun Ahn Ehsan Ahrari Alexis Aik Shamshad Akhtar Muthiah Alagappa Jalal Alamgir Roy Allison Eric G. Altbach Ramses Amer Walter K. Andersen Philip Andrews-Speed Nguyen Anh Tuan Richard P. Appelbaum Michael H. Armacost I Made Andi Arsana Kuniko Ashizawa Anders Åslund James E. Auer Dan Aum Michael Auslin Richard M. Auty Zeti Akhtar Aziz
Bradley Babson David Bachman John H. Badgley Jayanta Bandyopadhyay Dipankar Banerjee Jiun Bang Rommel C. Banlaoi Taeho Bark Sanjaya Baru Darshana M. Baruah Suzanne Basalla Rajesh Basrur Robert Batten Max Baucus Richard Baum Lowell B. Bautista Neil J. Beck Robert Bednarzik Navnita Chadha Behera Nancy Bernkopf Tucker Richard K. Betts Udai Bhanu Singh Aryaman Bhatnagar Abbas Bhuiya James H. Billington Nahim Bin Zahur Michael P. Birt Nick Bisley Jared Bissinger Richard A. Bitzinger Dennis C. Blair Stephen J. Blank Dennis J. Blasko Dan Blumenthal Davis B. Bobrow Matthew Boswell Pieter Bottelier Charles W. Boustany Jr. J. Patrick Boyd John Bradford Michael Bradshaw Natalie Bravo Scott W. Bray Magnus Breidne Anna Brettell David Brewster Lawson Brigham Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard Linton Brooks Stephen Brooks James D.J. Brown Richard C. Bush
Mely Caballero-Anthony Penghong Cai Kent E. Calder Mary P. Callahan Kurt Campbell David Capie Allen Carlson Andrew Carr Robert B. Cassidy Victor D. Cha Pavin Chachavalpongpun Greg Chaffin P.G. Dhar Chakrabarti Michael R. Chambers Jane Chan Susan Chan Shifflett Amy Chang Joseph Chang Michael S. Chase Sanjay Chaturvedi Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema Brahma Chellaney Dean Cheng Tun-jen Cheng Michelle Cho Nam Hoon Cho Kang Choi Ja Ian Chong Deepti Choubrey Edward Chow Thomas J. Christensen Gaye Christoffersen Shulong Chu Shahram Chubin Chaesung Chun Jae Ho Chung Kuyoun Chung Priscilla Clapp Christopher M. Clarke Donald Clarke Michael Clarke Lawrence W. Clarkson Christopher Clary Michael H. Cognato Roberta Cohen Stephen D. Cohen Stephen P. Cohen Elbridge A. Colby Bernard D. Cole Gabe Collins Kathleen Collins Gifford Combs Tim Cook Alexander Cooley Kevin Cooney Cortez A. Cooper III Svante E. Cornell Ralph A. Cossa Nigel Crisp Patrick M. Cronin Richard P. Cronin Tom Cutler
Alice D. Ba Catharin Dalpino Toby Dalton Mike Danaher Zha Daojiong Tara Davenport Indra de Soysa Jacques deLisle Abraham M. Denmark Barry Desker Andrew DeWit John Dineen Sheng Ding Dini Djalal Hasjim Djalal Wang Dong Xenia Dormandy Rush Doshi Tilak K. Doshi Erica Downs Christopher Doyle Jessica Drun Mathieu Duchâtel Alexis Dudden Colin Dueck
Leif-Eric Easley Robert Ebel Nicholas Eberstadt Elizabeth C. Economy Richard J. Ellings Lorraine Elliott Herbert J. Ellison Deborah Elms Ralf Emmers Donald K. Emmerson Lam Peng Er Andrew S. Erickson
Isabelle Facon Sandra Fahy C. Christine Fair Leah Fang Thomas B. Fargo U.S. Navy (Ret.) Xiaoru Fei Geza Feketekuty Vanda Felbab-Brown Jonathan Fenby Huiyun Feng Zhu Feng Charles D. Ferguson Joseph P. Ferguson Shahriar Fesharaki Joseph Fewsmith Margaux Fimbres Thomas Fingar David M. Finkelstein Michael Finnegan L. Gordon Flake David Fleming Christopher A. Ford Peter Ford Brian Franchell Alexandra Francis Rüdiger Frank M. Taylor Fravel Mark W. Frazier Charles W. Freeman III Erik French Aaron L. Friedberg Edward Friedman Ellen L. Frost Nobuo Fukuda Francis Fukuyama Douglas Fuller Graham E. Fuller
Sumit Ganguly Jean A. Garrison John W. Garver Christopher Gascoyne Harry Gelman Bates Gill John H. Gill Bruce Gilley Clara Gillispie Robert Gilpin Mark Giordano David Gitter Gregory M. Gleason Michael A. Glosny Evelyn Goh Emily O. Goldman Merle Goldman Lyle Goldstein Steven M. Goldstein Larry P. Goodson John M. Graham Frederic Grare Michael J. Green Jonathan W. Greenert "Wallace "Chip"" Gregson Sheena Chestnut Greitens Edward Gresser Agnia Grigas William W. Grimes Kristen Gunness Sourabh Gupta
Stephan Haggard Antoine Halff Ian Hall Steven E. Halliwell Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid Yong-sup Han Philip Hanson Stephen E. Hanson Yufan Hao Husain Haqqani Brian Harding Harry Harding Scott Hare Scott W. Harold Tobias Harris Lee Hartwell Noorhaidi Hasan John B. Haseman Hiroshi Hashimoto Walter Hatch Robert M. Hathaway Kai He Xiao He Timothy R. Heath Robert W. Hefner Eric Heginbotham Caitríona H. H. Heinl Donald C. Hellmann Leigh E. Hendrix Mikkal E. Herberg Donald Hertzmark Murray Hiebert Kyaw Yin Hlaing David I. Hoffman James R. Holmes Zhao Hong Michael C. Horowitz Alexander Horstmann Celesa L. Horvath Tomoko Hosoe Trevor Houser Nicholas Calcina Howson Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao Russell Hsiao Roselyn Hsueh Alexander Chieh-cheng Huang Chin-Hao Huang Julia Huang Yasheng Huang Yukon Huang Zhao Huasheng Christopher W. Hughes John C. Hughes Llewelyn Hughes Peter Hughes Robert Huish Nazia Hussain Jacques E.C. Hymans
Van Jackson J. Bruce Jacobs Lee Jaehyon Amy Myers Jaffe Linda Jakobson Helen James Amal Jayawardane Peter Jennings Donald N. Jensen James Jensen Robert Jervis You Ji Ken Jimbo Jing Jing Bo-jiun Hyeran Jo Neil Joeck Ellis Joffe Ashley Johnson Chalmers Johnson Erica Johnson Juliet Johnson Mark S. Johnson Thomas H. Johnson Catherine Jones Michael T. Jones Pauline Jones Luong Mallika Joseph Yogesh Joshi Gratiana Jung
Shirley Kahn Gaurav Kampani Roy D. Kamphausen Atsuko Kanehara David C. Kang Yoonhee Kang Robert A. Kapp Devesh Kapur Mahin Karim Tariq A. Karim David J. Karl Nargis Kassenova Vivek Katju Mark N. Katz Richard Katz Michael Keating Lisa A. Keister Laura M. Kelley James A. Kelly Joachim Kempin Scott Kennedy Jessica Keough Feroz Hassan Khan Ijaz Khan Parag Khanna Sridhar K. Khatri Yuen Foong Khong Igor Khripunov Tsutomu Kikuchi Ellen Kim J. James Kim Jina Kim Jiyoon Kim Joon-Kyung Kim Samuel S. Kim Ann Marie Kimball Jacob W. Kipp Jason A. Kirk Mark Kirk Bruce Klingner Randy Kluver Yoji Koda Michael Kofman Kei Koga Bo Kong Weston S. Konishi Tetsuo Kotani James Kraska Matthew Kroenig Mikhail Kroutikhin Roger M. Kubarych Ryo Kubota Andrew C. Kuchins Michael Kugelman Mercy Kuo Sumitha Narayanan Kutty
P. Whitney Lackenbauer David Lai Kalsoom Lakhani Marie Lall David M. Lampton Tang Lan Andrei Lankov Nicholas R. Lardy Rick Larsen Marlene Laruelle David Lawrence Chae-Jin Lee Chong-Sik Lee Chung H. Lee Chung Min Lee Geun Lee John Lee Ming Lee Seokwoo Lee Sung-Yoon Lee Taeku Lee Kurt Leffler Robert Legvold Christopher Len Wendy Leutert Michael Levi Jeffrey Lewis Steven W. Lewis Cheng Li Jianwei Li Li Li Ling Li Ping Li Zhu Li Kenneth Lieberthal Adam P. Liff Ji-Ping Lin Teh-chang Lin Ting-Hui Lin Edward J. Lincoln Joseph Chinyong Liow Weihua Liu Yawei Liu Bobo Lo S.R. Joey Long Jin Lu Nancy Lubin Stanley Lubman Leiv Lunde Chris Lundry Daniel Lynch Yue Lyu
Damien Ma Tiffany Ma Juli A. MacDonald Andrew MacIntyre Thomas G. Mahnken Nadeem Malik Peter Mandaville Nguyen Manh Hung James Manicom Jeffrey Mankoff Erica Marat Andrew Marble Daniel Markey Kimberly Marten Michael Mastanduno Edward Masters Oriana Skylar Mastro Richard A. Matthew Peter Mattis Michael Mazza William C. McCahill Jr. Barrett L. McCormick L.G. McCraw Michael McDevitt Eric McGlinchey Rory Medcalf Evan S. Medeiros Raja Menon Rajan Menon Andrew Mertha Joel Messing James R. Millar Meredith Miller Zhao Minghao Carl Minzner Derek Mitchell John V. Mitchell Jongryn Mo Mike M. Mochizuki C. Raja Mohan James Clay Moltz Chung-in Moon Katherine H.S. Moon Aki Mori Richard L. Morningstar Evgeny Morozov Lyle Morris Charles E. Morrison Russell Leigh Moses Rahul Mukherji Aurelia George Mulgan Craig Mundie Michio Muramatsu Ann Marie Murphy William Murray Thant Myint-U
Hormoz Naficy Jane Nakano Emile A. Nakhleh Barry Naughton Polly Nayak Kevin G. Nealer Vikram Nehru Matthew J. Nelson William H. Neukom Peter Neupert James Newberry Andy Nguyen James P. Nolan Marcus Noland Farish A. Noor Hanan Nugroho
Meghan L. O'Sullivan Justin Odum Kongdan Oh Michael O'Hanlon Liselotte Odgaard Michel Oksenberg Martha Brill Olcott Olga Oliker Deepa Ollapally Edward A. Olson Andrew L. Oros Maria Ortuoste Ted Osius Nick Owen
Douglas H. Paal Agnieszka Paczynska Madhav Pai Céline Pajon Pramit Pal Chaudhuri Leslie Palti-Guzman Aparna Pande Harsh V. Pant Manjeet S. Pardesi Andrew Injoo Park Hun Joo Park John S. Park Yoon-shik Park Young Kil Park Ritika Passi T.V. Paul Morten B. Pedersen Minxin Pei Hooman Peimani T. J. Pempel Michael Penn Thomas B. Pepinsky Dwight Perkins Dwight H. Perkins George Perkovich Peter A. Petri Michael Pettis Sebastien Peyrouse Maite Pina Daniel Pinkston Dennis Pirages Jonathan D. Pollack Kevin Pollpeter Kenneth Pomeranz Thitinan Pongsudhirak Pitman B. Potter Kitti Prasirtsuk Roy Prosterman Christopher Pultz Kenneth B. Pyle
Rasul Bakhsh Rais Rajesh Rajagopalan Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan Kumar Ramakrishna Scott Ramsey Jayadeva Ranade David P. Rapkin Mira Rapp-Hooper William Ratliff Seng Raw Thomas G. Rawski Robert Reardon Edward P. Reed Dietrich Reetz Mitchell B. Reiss Xiao Ren Ali Riaz Jeffrey Riedinger Shelley Rigger Anthony V. Rinna Wu Riqiang Hasan Askari Rizvi Nadège Rolland Steven Rosefielde Robert S. Ross Animesh Roul J. Stapleton Roy Meena Singh Roy Gilbert Rozman Eugene Rumer Loren H. Runyon Laurent Ruseckas Don Russell George F. Russell Peter Rutland
Ryo Sahashi Arun Sahgal Ajai Sahni Keiko Sakurai Nilanthi Samaranayake Gary Samore Richard J. Samuels Yoichiro Sato Yukio Satoh Paul J. Saunders Phillip C. Saunders Gary R. Saxonhouse Robert A. Scalapino Benjamin Schaare William Schabas Teresita C. Schaffer James L. Schoff Clive Schofield Benjamin Schreer Sylvia Schwaag Serger Andrew Scobell Leonard C. Sebastian Adam Segal Sergey Sevastyanov Jean-Francois Seznec Aqil Shah Tushaar Shah David Shambaugh Yi Shang Matthew Shannon Stumpf Shalendra Sharma Andrew Shearer Ali Tauqeer Sheikh Louise I. Shelley James Sherr Lilia Shevtsova Tomohito Shinoda Susan L. Shirk Benjamin Shobert Sheldon W. Simon Abhijit Singh Bhubhindar Singh P.K. Singh Aseema Sinha Abdulkader H. Sinno James Slutz Andrew Small Hanscom Smith Hazel Smith Jeff M. Smith Sheila A. Smith Michael Smitka Daniel Sneider Scott Snyder Farooq Sobhan Pamela Sodhy Hadi Soesastro Yoshihide Soeya Yul Sohn Etel Solingen Benjamin J. Sovacool Dina R. Spechler Martin C. Spechler S. Frederick Starr David I. Steinberg James B. Steinberg Paul Stevens Mark A. Stokes Kathryn Stoner Ian Storey Austin M. Strange Alexandra Stuart Jun Su Yohanes Sulaiman Charles J. Sullivan Victor Sumsky Jing Sun Kai Sun Yan Sun Julie M. Super Ristian Atriandi Supriyanto Robert Sutter Richard P. Suttmeier Michael D. Swaine Emirza Adi Syailendra Alison Szalwinski Nicholas Szechenyi
Masayuki Tadokoro Sugio Takahashi Cecilia Tam Alex Zixiang Tan See Seng Tan Akihiko Tanaka Pradeep Taneja Siew Mun Tang May Tan-Mullins Murray Scot Tanner Travis Tanner Xie Tao Yuki Tatsumi Letha Tawney Simon Tay Brendan Taylor Robert H. Taylor Ashley J. Tellis Takashi Terada Sue Mi Terry June Teufel Dreyer Tran Viet Thai Nik Norzrul Thani Carlyle A. Thayer Brett Theodos Eric C. Thompson William R. Thompson Judith Thornton Huong Le Thu Mark Thurber Tran Truong Thuy Tsutomu Toichi Hideshi Tokuchi Aki Tonami Gary Tooker William Tow Ian Townsend-Gault Dmitri Trenin Nikos Tsafos Kellee S. Tsai Mamuka Tsereteli Michito Tsuruoka Xinquan Tu Jennifer L. Turner Daniel Twining Christopher P. Twomey Laura D'Andrea Tyson
Mark J. Valencia Peter Van Ness Stacy D. VanDeveer Angelo Venardos Frank E. Vogel Alexander L. Vuving
Alan M. Wachman Daniel Waddle Robert H. Wade Celeste A. Wallander Mark Walport Jonathan Walton Ming Wan Dustin Kuan-Hsiung Wang Fei-Ling Wang Hongying Wang Jianwei Wang Juntao Wang Vincent Wei-cheng Wang Yuan-Kang Wang Zheng Wang Ibrahim Warde Akio Watanabe Donald E. Weatherbee Brian Weeden Stephen Wegren Marvin G. Weinbaum Richard Weitz Bridget Welsh Harold Wescott Michael Wesley Hugh White Allen S. Whiting Thomas S. Wilkins Mark Williams John Williamson Michael Wills Richard L. Wilson S. Enders Wimbush Robert G. Wirsing Elizabeth Wishnick William C. Wohlforth Wojtek M. Wolfe Paul Wolfowitz Jon B. Wolfsthal Joseph Wong Larry Wortzel Friedrich Wu Xu Wu Joel Wuthnow