Yasuyuki Ishida is a Japanese foreign policy and Indo-Pacific analyst specializing in Japanese foreign policy, Japan–India relations, and maritime connectivity in the Indo-Pacific. A former Japanese Foreign Ministry official and think-tank researcher, he was responsible for developing Indo-Pacific regional policy recommendations at the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) in the early 2010s. He has served as an Adjunct Fellow at India’s National Maritime Foundation (NMF) and as an Associate Fellow at Japan’s Institute for the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (I-FOIP) and the Abe Shinzo Institute for Indo-Pacific Studies (ASIIPS). He holds a PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).