Derek Mitchell is a senior fellow for Asia at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. Mr. Mitchell was Special Assistant for Asian and Pacific Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Defense, from 1997 to 2001, when he served alternately as Senior Country Director for China, Taiwan, Mongolia, and Hong Kong, Director for Regional Security Affairs, Country Director for Japan, and Senior Country Director for the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore. Mr. Mitchell has written widely on Asian and U.S.-Asian affairs, and is the coauthor of China: The Balance Sheet—What the World Needs to Know Now About the Emerging Superpower (2006).