What is the burden of establishing a "fear of future persecution" for an asylum seeker who does not allege past persecution?

Where, as here, an asylum applicant does not allege past persecution, he has the burden to establish a well-founded fear of future persecution and that "race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion . . . will be at least one central reason for persecuting the applicant." 8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(1)(B)(i); see also 8 C.F.R. 1208.13(b)(1), (2). To establish a well-founded fear, an applicant must show that he "subjectively fears" persecution and that "his fear is objectively reasonable." Ramsameachire v. Ashcroft, 357 F.3d 169, 178 (2d Cir. 2004). Although a "fear may be well-founded even

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