Blake Berger

Blake Berger is an Assistant Director at the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) in New York. He serves as an assistant to ASPI’s Vice President of International Security and Diplomacy, Daniel Russel, and works on issues relating to East and Southeast Asia. Prior to joining ASPI, Berger was a Research Associate at the Centre on Asia and Globalisation at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. His research interests include The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Belt and Road Initiative, regional integration, international relations, political economy, United States foreign policy towards East and Southeast Asia, and international trade policy. He has an M.A. in Comparative Politics with a focus on Southeast Asia from American University’s School of International Service and a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Massachusetts, Boston.