Stephen C. Mercado

Stephen Mercado is a retired officer of the CIA’s Open Source Enterprise (originally the Foreign Broadcast Information Service). He is now a translator and writer, with a focus on Japanese diplomatic and intelligence history. In addition to his book, which has been translated into Japanese and Korean, he is the author of several articles and a few dozen book reviews on Asian and open-source intelligence. He is a Nonresident Fellow with the Stimson Center’s 38 North Program.