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Elliott Abrams
Elliott Abrams

Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies

Jerome A. Cohen
Jerome A. Cohen

Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies

Joshua Kurlantzick
Joshua Kurlantzick

Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia

Catherine Powell
Catherine Powell

Adjunct Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy (ON LEAVE)

José Miguel Vivanco
José Miguel Vivanco

Adjunct Senior Fellow for Human Rights

Matthew C. Waxman
Matthew C. Waxman

Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and Foreign Policy

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