Richard C. Bush III

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

Big Bets & Black Swans: A Presidential Briefing Book - Avert Conflict in the South and East China Seas

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

  • Japanese Coast Guard vessel sails in front of Senkaku/Diaoyu in the East China Sea

    Featured BIG BETS & BLACK SWANS - Memorandum to the President

    Avert Conflict in the South and East China Seas

    January 23, 2014, Jonathan D. Pollack, Richard C. Bush III and Bruce Jones

    During 2013, the United States warned Asia's maritime countries of the danger of asserting their claims in the South and East China Seas, and urged adoption of arrangements to reduce risk and avoid conflict. Jonathan Pollack, Richard Bush and Bruce Jones write that the Obama administration should continue along this path in 2014, to help prevent further clashes in the region.

  • BIG BETS & BLACK SWANS - Memorandum to the President

    Korean Crisis Prompts Confrontation with China

    January 23, 2014, Jonathan D. Pollack and Richard C. Bush III

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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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