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Eleanor Shiori Hughes is a Research Assistant at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. Her research and work focus on U.S. force structure and defense trends in the Indo-Pacific region, particularly in Japan, Taiwan, and Australia.

Prior to joining CSBA, Eleanor was 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 various markets. She has also worked at the Asia Society Policy Institute, the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Japan Chair, and the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University.

Eleanor 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, and The Australian American Leadership Dialogue’s Young Leadership Dialogue.

Eleanor holds an M.A. in Asian Studies from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service and a B.A. in History from Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, IN. She speaks Japanese.