Richard C. Bush III,
Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, and Senior Fellow,
Foreign Policy Studies
The Michael H. Armacost Chair
Expertise
East Asia, Taiwan, U.S.-China relations
Education
Ph.D., (1978), M.Phil (1975), M.A., (1973) Columbia University; B.A., Lawrence University (1969)
Background
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
Languages
Chinese
Recent Publications
Untying the Knot: Making Peace in the Taiwan Strait (Brookings, 2005)
At Cross Purposes: U.S.-Taiwan Relations Since 1942 (M.E. Sharpe, 2004)
"The Taiwan Relations Act," testimony before the House International Relations Committee (April 21, 2004)
Brookings Northeast Asia Survey 2003-2004, co-editor (Brookings 2004)
"China's Business Leaders: Assuming a Political Role," Brookings Northeast Asia Survey (Brookings 2004)
Brookings Northeast Asia Survey 2002-2003, co-editor (Brookings 2003)
"Cross-Strait Relations: A Time for Careful Management," Brookings Northeast Asia Survey (Brookings 2003)
"Taiwan Policy Making Since Tiananmen: Navigating Through Shifting Waters," in Ramon H. Myers, Michael C. Oksenberg, and David Shambaugh, eds., Making China Policy: Lessons from the Bush and Clinton Administrations (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2001)
"Political Change in Taiwan: Implications for U.S. Policy," speech delivered at Stanford University, May 2000, reprinted in Proceedings of the Walter H. Shorenstein Forum (October 2000)
" United States Policy Toward Taiwan," American Foreign Policy Interests 22:3 (June 2000)
"East Asia in the 21st Century and the Rise of China," lecture sponsored by the Lt. William Kellogg Harkins, Jr. Values Program and the Mojmir Polvolny Lectureship in International Studies, Lawrence University (February 24, 2000)
"The United States Role in the Taiwan Strait Issue," speech delivered at Southern Illinois University (December 8, 1998) reprinted in Paul H. Tai, United States, China and Taiwan: Bridges for a New Millennium (Carbondale, IL: Public Policy Institute, 1999)
"Vietnamese Storage of Remains of Unaccounted U.S. Personnel," Intelligence Community Assessment, National Intelligence Council (October 1996)
"Domestic Political Considerations That Shape U.S. Policy Toward China, Hong Kong and Taiwan," in David M. Lampton and Alfred D. Wilhelm, Jr., eds., United States and China Relations at a Crossroads (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1995)
" Taiwan's International Role: Implications for U.S. Policy," in Robert G. Sutter and William R. Johnson, eds., Taiwan in World Affairs (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994)
"The Future of Sino-American Policy: The Process," in Gerritt W. Gong & Bih-jaw Lin, eds., Sino-American Relations at a Time of Change (Washington and Taipei: Center for Strategic and International Relations, 1993)
" Clinton and China: Scenarios for the Future," The China Business Review (January 1993)
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