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Institute for Corean-American Studies
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James J. Przystup
ICAS Fellow;
Senior Fellow and Research Professor,
Institute of National Strategic Studies,
National Defense University
James J Przystup, ICAS Fellow, is Senior Fellow and Research Professor, Institute of National Strategic Studies, National Defense University. Jim graduated Summa cum Laude from the University of Detroit and holds an MA in International Relations from the University of Chicago and a PhD in Diplomatic History, also from the University of Chicago. He studied Japanese at Columbia University and at Keio University in Tokyo. Most recently, from 1994 to 1998, Jim served as the Director of the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation. For close to twenty years, he has worked on Asia-related issues. Jim served on the staff of the United States House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs; in the private sector, at Itochu and IBM World Trade Americas/Far East Corporation; and in the United States government on the Policy Planning Staff at the Department of State and in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, as Director for Regional Security Strategies on the Policy Planning Staff. In 1983-84, Jim served as the Deputy Director of the Presidential Advisory Commission on U.S.-Japan relations. He has specialized in Asian security issues, in particular the U.S.-Japan and the U.S.-Republic of Korea security relationships. Jim was presented with the State Department's Meritorious Honor Award in 1989 and in 1991; he also received the Defense Department's Outstanding Achievement Award in 1992.
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