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Mar 11, 2020
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Eleanor Shiori Hughes
is a Non-Resident Fellow at EconVue. She frequently writes about geopolitics in Asia; Japan - Taiwan relations; Australia; the Pacific Islands; business and geopolitics; and workforce development issues for critical technologies.

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Focus

→ U.S. engagement in Asia

→ Japan and Australia’s foreign policy

→ Japan - Taiwan relations

→ The Pacific Islands

→ national security & defense

→ semiconductors

→ Nexus of business, geopolitics, and technology

“But at the end of the day, actions speak louder than words. In theory, dialogues create important venues by which the U.S. and Chinese leadership can lay out concerns and pave a pathway towards reconciling challenges, but that should hardly be the only metric to use to calculate the trajectory of the bilateral relationship.”

Background

  • Non-Resident Fellow at econVue

  • The Asia Group (TAG)

  • Asia Society Policy Institute, Washington DC

  • Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University

  • International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

  • Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

  • Georgetown Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues

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

Biography


Eleanor Shiori Hughes is currently a Non-Resident Fellow at econVue. Her research interests span a wide range of subjects including U.S. engagement in the Indo-Pacific; Japanese and Australian foreign policy; the Pacific Islands; and the nexus of business, technology and geopolitics in Asia, especially semiconductors. 

Eleanor was previously a Defense Analyst at The Asia Group (TAG), where she supported the firm's Defense and Aerospace practice by researching industry and complex geopolitical dynamics unfolding across Indo-Pacific markets. Before she joined TAG, she interned at the Asia Society Policy Institute, where she monitored supply chain trendlines of various Indo-Pacific economies, U.S. tariffs on China, and regional economic integration in Asia. Prior to joining Asia Society, Eleanor was a Research Assistant at Georgetown's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, where she conducted research on transnational issues including food security and kleptocracy. She also worked for the Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where she covered issues on the U.S.-Japan alliance, Japanese foreign policy, economic statecraft, and climate change. 

Eleanor was previously a Kim Koo Fellow at The Korea Society in New York City and a delegate of the QUADMIN Emerging Leaders Dialogue in Melbourne, Australia in Fall 2022. 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, The Australian American Leadership Dialogue, and The Australian Institute for International Affairs and The Japan Foundation's Indo-Pacific Cooperation Network. 

Eleanor frequently authors reports and opinion pieces on contemporary geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific. Her works have appeared in The 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, Bloomberg, Nikkei Asia, Voice of America, Deutsche Welle (DW), among others.

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 in Notre Dame, IN. She speaks Japanese.

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🎧 Appeared on The Hale Report™

Richard Katz with Eleanor Shiori Hughes: The Hale Report Ep. 54

Richard Katz with Eleanor Shiori Hughes: The Hale Report Ep. 54

Lyric Hughes Hale, Eleanor Shiori Hughes, and Richard Katz
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My Assessment of Risks and Opportunities Facing the Indo-Pacific Region in 2023 After Watching Oppenheimer

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My Assessment of Risks and Opportunities Facing the Indo-Pacific Region in 2023 After Watching Oppenheimer

Hi everyone - it’s been a quite a while since I last penned my thoughts into a piece for EconVue. Last weekend, I went to see Oppenheimer directed by Christopher Nolan in Chicago (for those who have …

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Forecasting Asia's Future in an Era Marked with Many Known Unknowns

Forecasting Asia's Future in an Era Marked with Many Known Unknowns

Eleanor Shiori Hughes
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December 26, 2020
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Japan and Taiwan: A Relationship Filled With Promise, But Not Without Limits

Japan and Taiwan: A Relationship Filled With Promise, But Not Without Limits

Eleanor Shiori Hughes
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April 21, 2023
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U.S.-Japan Relations Through the Lens of America’s Heartland

U.S.-Japan Relations Through the Lens of America’s Heartland

Eleanor Shiori Hughes
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March 11, 2020
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