Eleanor Shiori Hughes

Expertise: U.S.- Asia relations, Japanese foreign policy and security, Japan - Taiwan relations, talent pipeline in the semiconductor industry

Eleanor Shiori Hughes is currently a Defense Analyst at The Asia Group in Washington, DC, and she researches security and industry developments for the firm's aerospace and defense practice. She is also a non-resident fellow at EconVue. Her research interests span a wide range of subjects including U.S. alliances and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific; Japanese foreign policy and security; Japan - Taiwan relations; the Quad; and workforce development efforts with advanced technologies.

Ms. Hughes frequently authors reports and opinion pieces on contemporary geopolitics in Asia. Her works have appeared in Wall Street Journal, The Japan Times, The Lowy Institute’s Interpreter, among other outlets. She has been interviewed by and quoted in broadcast and online media including Reuters, Nikkei Asia, Voice of America, Deutsche Welle (DW), South China Morning Post, and TaiwanPlus.

Eleanor has previously worked at the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI), the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and the Georgetown Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues. She was also previously a Kim Koo Fellow at the Korea Society.  Currently, she is a member of the Pacific Forum’s Young Leaders Program, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), the Council on Foreign Relations’ Young Professionals Program, and The Australian American Leadership Dialogue's Young Leadership Dialogue. 

Eleanor holds a MA in Asian Studies from Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service and a BA in History from Saint Mary's College. She speaks Japanese. 

June 25, 2021

Anticipating Anomalies in Global Supply Chains

A webinar organized by Foreign Policy with experts from both the public and private sector. The panelists included Dr. Kelly Fletcher, Bob Kolasky, Brittany Masalosalo, Col. (ret.) John Mills, and journalist Maggie Lake as the moderator. It was a wide-ranging conversation on assessing the current state of global supply chains while coexisting with the COVID-19 virus.

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November 28, 2020

U.S.-Taiwan Relations After the U.S. Election Talk at Georgetown's SFS

Eleanor Shiori Hughes is an MA Candidate in Asian Studies at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS).  In this report, she details how she recently hosted a webinar for her graduate program with Sean King, Senior VP of Park Strategies and an affiliated scholar at the University of Notre Dame's Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, on the evolution of U.S.-Taiwan relations and its trajectory going forward under the incoming Biden administration. 

 

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Expertise

U.S.- Asia relations, Japanese foreign policy and security, Japan - Taiwan relations, talent pipeline in the semiconductor industry

Location

Arlington VA

Experience

Current Experience

Defense Analyst at The Asia Group; writer and commentator

Past Experience

  • Asia Society Policy Institute
  • Institute for the Study of Diplomacy
  • International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
  • Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
  • Georgetown Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues

Education

  • M.A. in Asian Studies, Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service
  • B.A. in History, Saint Mary's College