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Sayuri Romei is the Associate Director of Programs at the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, where she is responsible for the Mansfield Next Generation of U.S.-Japan Nuclear Policy Experts Program and the Mansfield Foundation – CIIS Forum on Northeast Asian Cooperation on energy and climate change, among other programs.

Prior to joining the Foundation, Dr. Romei was a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at the RAND Corporation, where she researched Japan’s evolving perceptions on U.S. extended nuclear deterrence and ways to strengthen U.S.-Japan relations. Prior to that, she was a Public Policy Fellow at the Wilson Center, the Fellow for Security and Foreign Affairs at Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA, and a MacArthur Nuclear Security Fellow at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation. Dr. Romei also carried out research and writing on U.S.-Japan defense cooperation and Japan’s nuclear hedging posture. Dr. Romei is part of the 2020 class of CSIS’ Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) Mid-Career Cadre Program.

Her work has been featured in the Washington Post, Kyodo News, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and The Air Force Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, among others, and she appeared on BBC World News, PBS NewsHour, NK News, and the National Journal to comment on foreign policy and security issues in East Asia. She holds a BA in English Literature from Sorbonne University, a BA in International Relations from the University of Roma La Sapienza, an MA in International Relations, and a PhD in Political Science from Roma Tre University. In addition to English and Japanese, Dr. Romei speaks Italian and French.