Jake Read is a Projects Officer and supports research at the Asian Bureau of Economic Research (ABER) and the Australia-Japan Research Centre (AJRC) of the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy. He also serves a role as the chief liaison officer and acquisitions coordinator of East Asia Forum, an ABER initiative. His academic interests are in issues of economic policy and foreign affairs in the Asia Pacific region. Jake also studied at Peking University, Beijing and Yonsei University, Seoul.