Iku Tsujihiro

Iku Tsujihiro is an MA candidate in the Security Studies Program (SSP) at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. She graduates from her program in May 2024. At SSP, she focuses on the U.S.-Japan economic and energy security alliance, U.S. military operations in the Indo-Pacific, and nuclear deterrence in Northeast Asia. Currently, she is a research intern for Hudson Institute’s Japan Chair Policy Center, reporting directly to Ken Weinstein and Masashi Murano. Her interest in the U.S.-Japanese bilateral security cooperation stems from her growing up in Tokyo and moving to the United States to study on her own at the age of twelve. She graduated from Brandeis University in May 2022 with double majors in Philosophy and Politics.