Participant Biographies

Ralph Cossa

Ralph Cossa

President, Pacific Forum CSIS
Extended Deterrence and Assurance in Korea (Moderator)

Mr. Cossa is the president of the Pacific Forum CSIS in Honolulu. He is a board member of the Council on U.S.-Korean Security Studies and the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, as well as a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), the ASEAN Regional Forum Experts and Eminent Persons Group, and a founding member of the Steering Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP). He is a political, military affairs, and national security specialist with more than 30 years of experience in formulating and implementing U.S. security policy in the Asia-Pacific and Near East-South Asia regions.