Richard C. Bush III

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Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies | Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy | The Michael H. Armacost Chair | The Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies

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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, Uncharted Strait: The Future of China-Taiwan Relations, The U.S. Policy of Extended Deterrence in East Asia: History, Current Views, and Implications, The Challenge of a Nuclear North Korea: Dark Clouds, Only One Silver Lining, 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. | View Full Bio

  • Uncharted Strait

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    Uncharted Strait

    The Future of China-Taiwan Relations

    2013, Richard C. Bush III

    "Richard Bush has produced another masterpiece, providing a road map for interpreting and responding to developments in cross-Strait relations that is rooted in careful research and sober analysis for the post-2008 period. The book is by far the most thorough, well-documented, and fair-minded treatment available anywhere. Policymakers in Beijing, Taipei, and Washington would be wise to pay close attention."—Shelley Rigger, Brown Professor of East Asian Politics and chair of political science, Davidson College

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Expertise

  • China
  • Taiwan
  • Korean peninsula
  • Japan
  • U.S.-China relations                

Experience

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)                    

Language Fluency

  • English

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