Charles E. Morrison has been president of the East-West Center since 1998.  He has been associated with the Center since 1980 in various capacities, including heading its former Institute of Economics and Politics.  A U.S. Senate aide early in his career, he has also been a research associate at the Japan Center for International Exchange.  Morrison served as the international chair of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council from 2005 to 2012, and is a member of other national and international bodies that promote trans-Pacific security and economic cooperation.  His Ph.D. is from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, where he also once taught on Southeast Asia.  He speaks and publishes widely on U.S. Asia policy issues and the countries of the region, and gives special emphasis to regional cooperation, particularly the APEC process. His Research Specialties include the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, Asia-Pacific international relations, economic issues, and security issues, U.S. Asia policy and trade policy and Regional mega-trends. Publications in recent years are Four Adjectives Become a Noun: APEC the Future of Asia-Pacific Cooperation; An APEC Trade Agenda? The Political Economy of a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific; Leadership Succession and U.S. Foreign Policy:  Implications for East Asia; Japan, ASEAN, and East Asia from an American Perspective.