Emanuel Pastreich

Emanuel Pastreich (born October 16, 1964) is an American professor, director, and polyglot who is an international relations expert and serves as the president of the Asia Institute, a think tank with offices in Washington DC, Tokyo, Seoul and Hanoi.

Pastreich was briefly an independent candidate for president of the United States 2020. In September 2023, Pastreich officially became a candidate for the Green Party’s presidential nomination in September, 2024 but had to abandon the campaign for the Green nomination because of a failure to gain financial support within the party. However, he has continued his candidacy as an Independent. He currently serves as director of the Center for Truth Politics at Green Liberty. Trained as a scholar of Asian studies, Pastreich writes on both East Asian classical literature and current issues in international relations and technology in multiple languages.

He is fluent in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean and has stressed the importance of Asia for the United States in his political writings. Provided by Wikipedia