JACOBS, Erik

2013 Bachelor of Arts, Temple University
2018 Master of Arts in Asian Studies, Georgetown University

2013 – 2016 Assistant Language Teacher, Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program
2016 – 2017 Junior Researcher, Center for Strategic and International Studies
2018 – 2019 Policy Analyst, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
2019 – 2020 Policy Advisor, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
2020 – 2021 Policy Coordinator, U.S. Department of Energy
2021 – 2024 Policy Manager, U.S. and Asia, Access Partnership
2021 – Present Adjunct Fellow, Global Taiwan Institute
2023 – Present U.S.-Japan NEXT Alliance Initiative Non-Resident Scholar, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA
2023 – Present Stephen M. Kellen Term Member, Council on Foreign Relations

• “Japan’s Economic, Scientific, and Technological Engagement with the United States and International Economic Organizations in the 1960s.” Chapter in “Japan in the 1960s.” Routledge. August 23, 2024. https://www.routledge.com/Japan-in-the-1960s-Ten-Years-of-Turning-Points/Eldridge-Morgan/p/book/9781032796482.
• “PM Kishida’s State Visit Promises More US-Japan Tech Collaboration.” JAPAN Forward. April 17, 2024. https://japan-forward.com/fumio-kishida-state-visit-tech-policy-us-collaboration/.
• “TSMC Opens Its First Production Facility in Kumamoto, Japan.” Global Taiwan Brief. Global Taiwan Brief. Vol 9. Issue 5. March 2024. https://globaltaiwan.org/2024/03/tsmc-opens-its-first-production-facility-in-kumamoto-japan/.
• “Artificial Intelligence and U.S.-Japan Relations.” JETs on Japan Forum. US Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme and Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA. January 2024. https://www.usjetaa.org/news/jets-on-japan-artificial-intelligence-and-us-japan-relations.
• “US-Japan Economic Security Coordination Update.” Sasakawa Peace Foundation, USA. US-Japan NEXT Alliance Initiative. October 4, 2023. https://spfusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/For-Pub-US-Japan-Economic-Security-Coordination-Update-Jacobs-Sept-23.pdf.
• Erik Jacobs and Paul Bezerra. “CTRL+ALT+DELETE.” On The Rise: Perspectives on Foreign Policy. Aspen Strategy Group Rising Leaders Class of 2021, March 2022. pp. 5-8. https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CTRL-ALT-DEL_Final-1.pdf.
• “The Need for U.S.-Australia Leadership to Counter China Across the Indo-Pacific.” Policy Paper 36 (PP36). ISBN: 2209-2447. March 2021: 1-10. https://www.cis.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pp36.pdf.
• “Prospects for the Future of the U.S.-Japan Science and Technology Relationship.” JETs on Japan Forum. Vol. 1. No. 3. March 2021: 1-8. https://usjetaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/jacobs-usjetaa-2.pdf.