Jason Miks is a Tokyo-based writer, and editor of The Diplomat,
an online magazine focusing on the Asia-Pacific region. He is also managing editor of the Center for International Relations' Web site, International Affairs Forum. His work has appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, the Daily Yomiuri, the American Spectator and TCS Daily, among other publications. Prior to moving to Japan, he spent five years as a senior parliamentary researcher to the late Piara Khabra MP at the House of Commons in London.