Dr. Richard Feinberg

Dr. Feinberg is an authority on U.S. foreign policy, multilateral institutions, and summitry. He is an expert on trade and investment, globalization, democratization, and non-governmental organizations. Feinberg serves as director of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Study Center, dedicated to research, scholarly exchange and public education on subjects of interests to APEC member countries. He is co-director of the Leadership Council on Inter-American Summitry, a blue-ribbon council that evaluates progress in U.S.-Latin American relations. He is also the coordinator of the APEC International Assessment Network (APIAN) a pan-Pacific coalition of experts that monitors and evaluates APEC's performance. Feinberg has authored more than 150 articles and books. His book, Summitry in the Americas: A Progress Report,provides the first in-depth analysis of how US foreign policy is made. Other publications include The Intemperate Zone: The Third World Challenge to US Foreign Policy and Subsidizing Success: The Export-Import Bank in the U.S. Economy. He served as special assistant to President Clinton for National Security Affairs and senior director of the National Security Council's (NSC) Office of Inter-American Affairs. While at the NSC, Feinberg was a principal architect of the 1994 Summit of the Americas in Miami. He previously served as president of the Inter-American Dialogue, executive vice president of the Overseas Development Council, and has held positions on the policy planning staff of the U.S. Department of State and in the Office of International Affairs in the U.S. Treasury Department. Feinberg joined IR/PS in 1996.