Samuel Leiter

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I am a Political Science Ph.D. Candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology specializing in international relations and security studies with a focus on East Asia. In the 2024-25 academic year I will be completing dissertation field research at Tokyo University’s Graduate School of Law and Politics.

I have previously worked in roles advising local government policy in Chicago and US foreign policy with the RAND Corporation. I am proficient in Japanese. I graduated with general and departmental honors from the University of Chicago with a BA in Political Science.