Dr. Evan Feigenbaum

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
South and Central Asian Affairs



Tuesday, February 6, 2007


5.00 - 7.00 PM, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW

The Rome Auditorium

 
 
Evan A. Feigenbaum, responsible for the five former Soviet Republics of Central Asia in the Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, will discuss not only economic integration among those five, but also economic  integration with their neighbors, with the world markets and with international  norms.  

Before joining the Bureau of South  and Central Asian Affairs in July 2006, Mr. Feigenbaum served from 2001-06 as a  Member of the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff, where he had principal  responsibility for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.  He was deeply involved  in the development of the US-China Senior Dialogue, as well as an array of  issues in US-China, US-Korea, and US-Japan relations, strategic  planning, and speech writing on Asia for  Secretary of State Colin Powell and other senior officials.  He has  received the Department’s Superior Honor Award three times.  Prior to  government service, Dr. Feigenbaum worked at Harvard University (1997-2001), where he was a  Lecturer on Government in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Executive  Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Initiative and Program Chair of the  Chinese Security Studies Program in the John F. Kennedy School of  Government.  He also taught at the US Naval Postgraduate School (1994-95)  as Lecturer of National Security Affairs and was a consultant to the RAND Corporation (1993-94).  His publications include two books:  China's Techno-Warriors: National Security and  Strategic Competition from the Nuclear to the Information Age  (Stanford University Press, 2003) and Change  in Taiwan and Potential Adversity in the Strait (RAND, 1995).  His articles have appeared in journals, edited volumes, and the opinion pages.  He received his Ph.D. and A.M. in  political science from Stanford  University, his A.B. in history from  the University of Michigan, and held Olin and Belfer fellowships at  Harvard  University.

Please RSVP with your name and affiliation to caci2@mail.jhuwash.jhu.edu or call (202) 663-7721.