Jada Cryslynn Fraser is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Southern California. Previously, she was an Associate in The Asia Group’s Japan Practice, advising clients on Japan’s foreign and defense policy, critical and emerging technologies, and digital services. Before that, she served as Country Director for Japan in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, where her portfolio covered U.S.–Japan coordination across Indo-Pacific minilaterals. She also worked at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, the Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Her work has appeared in War on the Rocks, Nikkei Asia, and the Lowy Institute. Jada is the Indo-Pacific Minilaterals Fellow with the Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS) and a Pacific Forum Young Leader. She holds a B.A. in International Relations and Global Studies from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. in Asian Studies from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service.
