William Chou

William Chou is a leading expert in US-Japan diplomacy and regional cooperation, currently serving as the Deputy Director and Japan Chair Fellow at the Hudson Institute since August 2023. With prior experience as a George P. Shultz Fellow at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation and Institute, Chou has also held prestigious positions including America in the World Consortium Postdoctoral Fellow at the Clements Center for National Security and Graduate Research Fellow at the US Army's Center for Military History. A Fulbright-Hays Fellow at The University of Tokyo and a Nippon Foundation Fellow at the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, Chou's research background is complemented by substantial academic credentials, including a Ph.D. in History from The Ohio State University and a BA in History from Yale University. Early career experiences include a research assistant role in national security studies at the Institute for Defense Analyses and an internship at the U.S. Department of State's Foreign Service Institute.