Richard Feinberg

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Latin America Initiative

Richard Feinberg is professor of international political economy at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego. Feinberg served as special assistant to President Clinton and senior director of the National Security Council’s Office of Inter-American Affairs. He has held positions on the State Department's policy planning staff and worked as an international economist in the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of International Affairs.

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Expertise

  • U.S.-Latin American relations
  • summitry
  • Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
  • corporate social responsibility
  • Central American trade and democracy
  • Nicaragua
  • Cuban economic reform

Experience

Current Positions

  • Professor, School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego

Past Positions

  • Senior Director, Inter-American Affairs, National Security Council (1993-1996)
    President, Inter-American Dialogue (1992-93)
    Staff Member, Policy Planning Staff, U.S. Department of State (1977-80)
    International Economist, U.S. Department of the Treasury (1975-77)

Education

  • Ph.D. in International Economics, Stanford University
    B.A. in European History, Brown University

Language Fluency

  • Spanish

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