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William Breer ’57 currently serves as Senior Adviser and former Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. He joined CSIS in October 1996 after a 35-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service. Prior to joining CSIS, he was a senior adviser at the Policy Planning Staff of the U.S. Department of State (1993-1996). Mr. Breer has devoted the major portion of his career to the management of U.S.-Japan relations. He spent 18 years in Japan, serving at the U.S. embassy as political officer, political counselor under Mike Mansfield, and deputy chief of mission with ambassadors Michael Armacost and Walter Mondale. In Washington, Mr. Breer served as country director for Japan, the most senior position dealing exclusively with U.S.-Japan relations, and as director for Northeast Asia in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
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