James Borton
James Borton’s Biography
James Borton is a veteran editor and writer with over 25 years experience in SE Asia, he is a former director for Asia Pacific Projects for Foreign Affairs, published by the Council of Foreign Relations in New York and Asia Pacific correspondent for The Washington Times, where continues to contribute op-eds and special reports from the region. He is the author of Venture Japan (Probus 1992). He has also edited The South China Sea: Challenges and Promises (Xlibris 2015) and Islands and Rocks in the South China Sea: Post Hague Ruling (Xlibris 2017).
Borton holds both a B.A and a M.A with honors in English and American Studies from the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland and has been a former National Endowment for the Humanities recipient at Yale University. He is a National Fellow in The Explorers Club, an American-based international multidisciplinary professional society dedicated to the advancement of field research and is currently a Nonresident Fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington, DC.