Hideo Asano is a Fulbright scholar pursuing an MA in Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.

Previously, he worked as a Global Nuclear Policy Program Intern at the Nuclear Threat Initiative and a Graduate Research Assistant at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. He also has experience interning at the Japan NGO Network for Nuclear Weapons Abolition and the Japan Institute of International Affairs.