Asia Experts
James F. Person is the Senior Program Associate for the History and Public Policy Program and coordinator of the North Korea International Documentation Project. Person is editor of the NKIDP Working Paper Series and co-editor of the Cold War International History Project Bulletin and History and Public Policy Program Critical Oral History Conference Series. Person has worked as a consultant on hi...
John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution
Jonathan D. Pollack is a senior fellow with the John L. Thornton China Center. Before his appointment at Brookings, he was professor of Asian and Pacific Studies and chairman of the Asia-Pacific Studies Group at the Naval War College. He is also a research associate in the National Asia Research Program of the National Bureau of Asian Research and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
Associate Professor, Department of Culture and Communication, New York University
During graduate school, when I informed one of my faculty advisers in sociology about my interest in bringing the study of culture and of development together in my research, she replied sharply, "You can't do that!" "Culture" and "development" belonged in different camps, as was shown by the composition of the student reading groups addressing these topics. The "culture" group was composed entire...
Professor Emeritus, Foreign Service Institute of New Delhi, and Senior Fellow, DiploFoundation, Malta and Geneva
EducationB.A. and M.A. from St. Stephens College, Delhi, UniversityExperienceAmbassador Rana has had a long career in the Indian diplomatic corps. His previous positions included appointments as Ambassador to Algeria, Ambassador/High Commissioner to Czechoslovakia, Kenya, Mauritius, and Germany, and Consul-General in San Francisco.
Senior Analyst, RAND
Linda Robinson is Senior Policy Analyst at RAND. In 2012-13 she was also a Public Policy Scholar at the Wilson Center, and in 2011-12 she was a senior adjunct fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, which just published her special report, The Future of Special Operations Forces. Her book on special operations forces, One Hundred Victories: Special Operations Forces and the Future of American...
Associate Director, Center for South Asia Studies (CSAS), University of California at Berkeley
Professional Lecturer, The George Washingotn University
Former Fellow, German Historical institute, Washington, D.C.