Dr. Satoru Nagao is a fellow (non-resident) at Hudson Institute, based in Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Nagao’s primary research area is the U.S-.Japan-India security cooperation. He was awarded his Ph.D. by Gakushuin University in 2011 for his thesis, “India’s Military Strategy,” the first such research thesis on this topic in Japan. Gakushuin University is a premier institution from which members of the Japanese Imperial Family have also graduated.

Dr. Nagao holds numerous other research positions, including director at the International Security Industry Council, a senior research fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies, a specially-appointed research fellow at the Japan Forum on International Relations, and a research fellow at the Institute for Future Engineering (strategy, defense policy), a lecturer in Gakushuin University, and senior research fellow of the Indian Military Review, etc.

Dr. Nagao has authored numerous books and articles on security issues, such as “Strategies for the Indo-Pacific: Perceptions of the U.S. and Like-Minded Countries,” Hudson Institute, 2019