Robert L. Suettinger is an American international relations scholar currently serving as a senior advisor at The Stimson Center and an advisor to the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC).[1][2][3] He was national intelligence officer for East Asia at the National Intelligence Council (NIC) from 1997 to 1998 during the Clinton administration. While there, he oversaw the preparation of national intelligence estimates for the director of the Central Intelligence Agency. His areas of specialty are the People's Republic of China[4] and the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
Robert Suettinger | |||||||||
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| National Intelligence Officer for East Asia at the National Intelligence Council | |||||||||
| In office 1997–1998 | |||||||||
| President | Bill Clinton (1993–2001) | ||||||||
| Vice President | Al Gore (1993–2001) | ||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||
| Alma mater | Lawrence University, Columbia University | ||||||||
| Occupation | Senior Advisor at The Stimson Center | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 蘇葆立 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 苏葆立 | ||||||||
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Education
editSuettinger holds a BA from Lawrence University and a MA in comparative politics from Columbia University.[5][6]
Career
editSuettinger served as Director for Asian Affairs[7] on the National Security Council from March 1994 to October 1997,[8] where he assisted National Security Advisers Anthony Lake and Sandy Berger in the development and implementation of U.S. policy toward the Asia-Pacific region.
He also served as deputy national intelligence officer for East Asia at the NIC from 1989 to 1994, and from 1987 to 1989 was President George H. W. Bush's director of the office of analysis for East Asia and the Pacific at the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
After working in the Clinton administration, Suettinger joined the Brookings Institution as a senior analyst.[9]
Publications
editBooks
edit- Beyond Tiananmen – The Politics of U.S.-China Relations, 1989-2000 (Brookings Institution Press, 2003).[10]
Reports
edit- “American ‘Management’ of Taiwan Strait ‘Crises:’ 1954, 1958 and 1996” in Michael D. Swaine, ed., Managing Sino-American Crises: Case Studies and Analysis, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, October 2006[11]
- “Tough Engagement: U.S.-China Relations” in Richard Haass and Meghan O’Sullivan, editors, Honey and Vinegar: Incentives, Sanctions and Foreign Policy, Brookings Institution, 2000[12]
Articles
edit- Leadership Policy toward Taiwan and the United States in the Wake of Chen Shui-bian's Reelection, Hoover Institution, July 30, 2004[13]
References
edit- ^ "Experts | The Stimson Center | Pragmatic Steps for Global Security". www.stimson.org. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
- ^ Buckley, Chris; Perlez, Jane (2015-09-21). "Xi Jinping of China Arriving in U.S. at Moment of Vulnerability". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
- ^ "Robert L. Suettinger". Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
- ^ Jehl, D. (October 19, 2004). "Secret Papers About China Are Released By the C.I.A." The New York Times. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
- ^ "Robert Suettinger, Asia-Pacific Expert, Joins Brookings as Visiting Fellow". 30 November 2001.
- ^ "Former U.S. Intelligence Officer, East Asian Expert Named Lawrence University Scarff Professor for Spring Term". January 12, 2007.
- ^ Rosenbaum, D. E. (November 15, 1997). "Campaign Finance Witness Describes Role Informally". The New York Times. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
- ^ "Book: Beyond Tiananmen – The Politics of U.S.-China Relations, 1989-2000". brookings.edu. June 15, 2003. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
- ^ Perlez, J. (July 14, 1999). "U.S. Asking Taiwan to Explain Its Policy After Uproar". The New York Times. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
- ^ Suettinger, R. L. (2003). Beyond Tiananmen – The Politics of U.S.-China Relations, 1989-2000. Brookings Institution Press.
- ^ Swaine, Michael D., ed. (2006). Managing Sino-American crises: case studies and analysis (1. print ed.). Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. ISBN 978-0-87003-228-8.
- ^ Honey and Vinegar: Incentives, Sanctions, and Foreign Policy. Brookings Institution Press. 2000. doi:10.7864/j.ctvdmx068. ISBN 978-0-8157-3356-0.
- ^ "Leadership Policy toward Taiwan and the United States in the Wake of Chen Shui-bian's Reelection". Hoover Institution. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
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