Hideo Asano is a Fulbright Scholar pursuing an MA in Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. Previously, he worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, and as a research intern at the Japan Institute of International Affairs. His research is focused on nuclear nonproliferation and arms control in Northeast Asia, as well as international politics around the NPT and TPNW.