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Richard C. Bush III

Richard C. Bush III

Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy
The Michael H. Armacost Chair

Richard Bush’s two-decade public service career spans Congress, the intelligence community and the U.S. State Department. He currently focuses on China-Taiwan relations, U.S.-China relations, the Korean peninsula and Japan’s security. He is the author of, among other works, The Perils of Proximity: China-Japan Security Relations, A War Like No Other: The Truth About China's Challenge to America, Untying the Knot: Making Peace in the Taiwan Strait , and At Cross Purposes: U.S.-Taiwan Relations Since 1942.



Expertise

East Asia; Taiwan; U.S.-China relations                              

  • Language Fluency:
  • Chinese

Background

Past Positions
Chairman of the Board and Managing Director of the American Institute in Taiwan (1997-2002); National Intelligence Officer for East Asia, National Intelligence Council (1995-1997); Director for Minority Liaison, U.S. House Committee on International Relations (1995); Director for Committee Liaison, U.S. House Committee of Foreign Affairs(1994); Deputy Program Director, Program Associate, China Council of The Asia Society

Education

Ph.D., (1978), M.Phil (1975), M.A., (1973) Columbia University; B.A., Lawrence University (1969)                    


Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioThe January 2012 Taiwan Elections and What They MeanJanuary 17, 2012Center for Strategic and International Studies
Save to My PortfolioUpgrading Taiwan's DefenseOctober 19, 2011Los Angeles Times
Save to My PortfolioThe Republic of China in Historical PerspectiveJune 24, 2011A Spectacular Century: The Republic of China Centennial Democracy Forums
Save to My PortfolioTaiwan and East Asian SecurityMay 2011Orbis (Foreign Policy Research Institute)
Save to My PortfolioChina-Japan Security RelationsOctober 2010Brookings Policy Brief Series
Save to My PortfolioThe Social Foundation of Taiwan’s Future: Guns, Wheelchairs and Shark’s Fin SoupJune 13, 2010Columbia University Symposium on Taiwan in the 21st Century
Save to My PortfolioThe Mind of Kim Jong-Il IIMay 25, 2010The Huffington Post
Save to My PortfolioChina-Taiwan: Recent Developments Across the StraitMarch 18, 2010U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Save to My PortfolioOkinawa and Security in East AsiaMarch 10, 2010Japan Commerce Association

More Research and Commentary »

Contact Information

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