John F. Bradford

Dr John F. Bradford is the executive director of the Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies, a non-profit organisation building connections and developing people, especially in and around Japan’s Base-Hosting Communities. He is also a Japan Foundation Indo-Pacific Partnerships Fellow and a lecturer at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at the National Technological University of Singapore. He has previously held research positions with the Council on Foreign Relations as an International Affairs Fellow in Jakarta and Tokyo. His research focuses on Asian security with special attention given to maritime issues and cooperative affairs. Before becoming a full-time community builder, he spent more than 23 years as a US Navy officer. He also holds a PhD from King’s College London. He is particularly proud of the training he received as a midshipman aboard the Royal Malaysian Navy ship KD Rahmat.